Webinar: Fireside Chat Program (continued) – Best Practices for Litigating Discrimination Cases under Title VII and the ADA

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Master the evolving landscape of workplace litigation in our upcoming webinar, “Navigating Title VII and the ADA: From Compliance to Courtroom.” Gain actionable insights on the latest EEOC enforcement trends and best practices for effectively litigating complex discrimination claims. Secure your spot today to refine your defense strategies and ensure your labor and employment practices remain at the cutting edge of the law.

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Presented by FBA’s Labor & Employment Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Civil Rights Law Sections & Judiciary Division 

Presenters

The Honorable Anna White Howard serves as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of Georgia.  Before joining the federal bench in April of 2025, she was on faculty at the University of Georgia School of Law, where she taught legal writing, served as the school’s judicial liaison, and practiced in the school’s Appellate Litigation Clinic. In the Clinic, Howard supervised students as they represent indigent clients before the federal Circuit Courts of Appeals, Supreme Court of Georgia, Board of Immigration Appeals, and U.S. Supreme Court.Previously, Howard was an associate with Butler Wooten & Peak, where she litigated False Claims Act qui tam, product liability, and catastrophic personal injury cases. She also served as a career law clerk for Judge Leigh Martin May and a term law clerk for Judge Richard W. Story, both of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Within the FBA, Anna serves as Chair of the Judiciary Division’s Magistrate Judges Committee and was the FY25 President of the Atlanta Chapter. Anna previously served in a variety of FBA roles including as Chair of the FBA Membership Committee and the FBA Younger Lawyers Division.

David Brody, Partner, Sherin and Lodgen LLP

David Brody is a partner in Sherin and Lodgen’s award-winning Employment Department. A member of the firm’s Executive Advocacy Team, Brody represents individuals in a wide range of matters, including contract negotiation and enforcement, wage and hour issues, wrongful termination, discrimination, retaliation, and whistleblowing. He is an experienced employment litigator, having represented individuals at trial in state and federal court, and in public hearings before the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination and the Civil Service Commission.

In addition to his litigation practice, Brody advises executives and professionals regarding employment agreements, non-competition and other restrictive covenants, change of control agreements, equity and deferred compensation vehicles, and transition agreements.

Brody is the immediate past president of the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Employment Lawyers Association, an affinity organization of attorneys committed to advancing employee rights, and former co-chair of the Boston Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Section.

  Hon. Mimi Tsankov (Ret.) (Moderator)

Mediator/Arbitrator/Neutral

Judge Mimi Tsankov is a certified mediator/arbitrator in New York City currently serving on the JAMS Labor Panel, and the American Arbitration Association Labor Panel. Since retiring from the Federal Government, she serves on a wide range of State panels throughout New York. For nearly two decades, she served as a judge in the federal administrative judiciary, prosecuted cases on behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice and the Peace Corps, and worked over 10 years in private law practice. She’s been recognized both at the court and throughout various legal organizations for her work as a judge and as a leader in the international legal community, holding multiple elected and appointed roles for decades in leading organizations, including the ABA, the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Judicial Council 2 (a national labor organization affiliated with the AFL-CIO), the Federal Bar Association, and the National Association of Women Judges. She’s received multiple ABA Presidential Appointments to the UN Representatives Department of Global Communications, and is currently Immediate Past Chair of the ABA’s Judicial Division’s National Conference of the Administrative Law Judiciary. She’s a Board Member of the City Bar of New York’s Commercial Law Section, and an Affiliate Board Member of its ADR Section. She is a member of multiple chapters of the Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA). In the labor field, she’s contributed to ongoing labor-related discussions by testifying before the Judiciary Committees of both the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives,  meeting regularly with Congressional leaders, publishing numerous articles in legal periodicals and in a variety of law journals, serving on national and international panels (U.S., Canada, and Europe) speaking with members of all major media outlets (print, TV, film, and radio), and by producing podcast stories. To keep the community informed, she’s also provided expert background information for film, museum, and theater releases, explaining the nuances of labor issues in the immigration context.

Throughout her career, she’s received many honors, awards, and citations from the U.S. Department of Justice, the ABA and the FBA, and others. As a Federal Administrative Judge, she presided over cases throughout the U.S., including New York, Colorado, Texas, Nevada, Florida, and California. She’s on the Adjunct Law Faculty at Fordham Law School in New York and has been on the faculty of Colorado Law School and the Sturm College of Law in Denver, Colorado. She publishes regularly in peer-reviewed and general interest journals. She completed her J.D. at the University of Virginia School of Law and earned an M.A. in International Relations from the University of Virginia Graduate School of Politics.

David Michel, Partner, Sherin and Lodgen LLP (co-moderator)

David A. Michel is a litigation partner at Sherin and Lodgen LLP in Boston, MA, where he assists clients in resolving complex employment, business, and real estate disputes.

David’s experience includes representing companies and individuals in a variety of complex employment, civil and commercial disputes in federal and state courts and through alternative dispute resolution. In particular, David represents clients and organizations in employment matters involving restrictive covenants, discrimination, wrongful termination, and wage and hour litigation. He also represents companies, developers, property owners, and landlords involved in commercial and real estate disputes, including adverse possession, breach of contract, brokerage, and zoning matters.

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