Coming Down the Pike: New Developments in Labor & Employment

Jahnisa Loadholt is an in-house lawyer with Altisource, a global real estate services company. As a member of Altisource’s legal team, Jahnisa manages litigation and advises executive leadership and other business partners on litigation, regulatory and other legal risks. Prior to joining Altisource, Jahnisa spent almost a decade as an attorney with Alston & Bird LLP in its Atlanta and Washington, D.C. offices. Jahnisa has had a diverse legal career, focusing on insurance defense and general civil litigation and privacy and data security.
Jahnisa served as a law clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. She received her Juris Doctor from the University of Georgia School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts from Clark Atlanta University.

Experienced labor and employment attorney with extensive experience in class action, traditional labor and individual litigation, personnel policies and procedure, investigations and dispute resolution. Experienced personnel resources specialist with a comprehensive and strategic understanding of human resources management, business needs and organizational changes. Emily believes the key to a successful business is to ensure that the workplace is reflective of the best practices of the business.

Elizabeth Gross offers practical and focused solutions for employers facing employee management issues by providing a broad range of support. Liz also regularly assists clients with internal investigations, responding to agency audits and complaints, defending against employee lawsuits, and enforcing clients’ rights under restrictive covenant agreements. Liz also has significant experience assisting clients with employment-related aspects of mergers, acquisitions, and other transactions.

With the ever-changing dynamic of the employment relationship, Liz assists both public and private companies in a wide variety of industries, including manufacturing, financial services, and health care.

Melodie Craft is a corporate lawyer and business advisor with more than two decades of experience strategically advising public and private companies nationwide. Melodie has a Certificate in Strategic Decision Making and Risk Management from Stanford and a Certificate in Global Business through Yale. She also has a Master’s Degree in Human Resources and Industrial Relations. Melodie is currently head of legal at a publicly traded portfolio company where she serves as Vice President Legal Affairs and Risk Management, Corporate Secretary, and Chief Compliance Officer; previously she was an equity partner at a large national law firm.