Organizations Filed Purposes:
The National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) advances employee rights and serves lawyers who advocate for equality and justice in the American workplace.
Continuing Legal Education Programs ESI & Technology For The Plaintiffs Employment LawyerApril 1314, 2018Sheraton Tysons HotelTysons, VirginiaThis two-day seminar trained employee rights advocates in the fundamentals and hot topics in electronically stored information (ESI), including: recent developments in ESI law; ESI and the Rule 26 conference; e-discovery and social media discovery; the judges perspective; ethical considerations with ESI; using ESI at trial; and more.Attendance: 138 peopleRevenue: $79,720.00Expenses: $41,986.36 Connect Build Advance2018 Annual ConventionJune 2730, 2018Hilton Chicago HotelChicago, IllinoisOur Annual Convention featured plenary sessions on #MeToo: Hot Topics AndEmerging Trends In Harassment Litigation, Dont Be Afraid To Lose, and the Year In Review: Significant Developments In Employment Law. Dedicated program tracks on Pre-Trial Litigation & Trial Advocacy, Wage & Hour Law, Employment Law 101, and Sixth & Seventh Circuit Law helped participants to tailor their experience. Other cutting-edge substantive law and practical skills presentations covered a diverse range of topics, including eliminating implicit bias in jury selection; deploying outside-the-box discovery tools; optimizing damages; defeating summary judgment; reviewing recent efforts to roll back regulatory progress; protecting vulnerable sectors of the workforce, such as LGBTQ+ and immigrant employees, who have been targeted by the current administration; and many more!Attendance: 669 participantsRevenue: $465,532.50Expenses: $354,632.14 Webinars:The Nuts & Bolts Of Litigating Employment Cases: Deadlines, Exhaustion & Filing Administrative Charges, July 24, 2018Webinar: Effectively Representing Individuals Facing Workplace Harassment, August 2, 2018Hosted in partnership with the National Womens Law Center, these webinars we offered for free to advocates who are or would like to represent workers who are facing harassment in the workplace.Revenue: $4,549.00Expenses: $917.81 Harnessing The #MeToo MomentumOctober 1213, 2018Hilton Scottsdale Resort & VillasScottsdale, ArizonaThis two-day program took a holistic approach to understanding the challenges faced by victims of harassment and other unlawful workplace behavior, including analyzing the unique ways these challenges affect different sectors of the workforce. In doing so, we discussed strategies and tactics that advocates can use to be more responsive to the needs of these workers, both in litigation and in society more broadly.Attendance: 79 participantsRevenue: $36,230.00Expenses: $33,477.18
Membership In 2018, NELA maintained a membership of close to 2,100 members. In carrying out our mission to serve lawyers who advocate for equality and justice in the American workplace, NELA provided exceptional opportunities for professional development through networking, educational programs, publications, and technical support.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Terry A O'Neill | Executive Director | 40 | $160,438 |
| Laura M Flegel | Leg. Prgm Dir. | 40 | $123,969 |
| Paul H Tobias | Director | 1 | $0 |
| John F Beasley | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Karla Gilbride | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Gregory A Rich | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Scott M Pollins | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Rosemary Orsini | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Daniel B Kohrman | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Jeffrey Neil Young | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Mark Hammons Sr | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Charlotte Fishman | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Edgar Fabrice Ndjatou | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Susan D Motley | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Bernard Alexander | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Nina T Pirrotti | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Deborah H Karpatkin | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Laura L Ho | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Carla D Brown | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Nieves Bolanos | Secretary | 1 | $0 |
| Alicia K Haynes | Immediate Past | 1 | $0 |
| Katherine L Butler | Treasurer | 1 | $0 |
| Linda M Correia | VP-Publ Policy | 1 | $0 |
| Amy L Coopman | VP-At-Large | 1 | $0 |
| Wade B Cowan | 1st Vice Presid | 1 | $0 |
| James H Kaster | President | 2 | $0 |
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