Sarah Lamar is a Partner in the Firm's Savannah office and practices in the area of Employment Law. Ms. Lamar has experience representing employers in employment litigation in state and federal courts regarding discrimination and employment laws such as Title VII, the Age Discrimination in Employment  Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, WARN Act,  and  ERISA. She also represents employers in breach of contract actions, including non-competes and tort claims, and conducts in-house training for employers and advises clients on a variety of human resource issues.   Further, Ms. Lamar advises clients with respect to their federal affirmative action obligations.

Ms. Lamar is admitted to the bars of Georgia and the District of Columbia. She is also admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Middle, and Northern Districts of Georgia,  Northern District of Florida, District of Maryland, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. She is a member of the American Bar Association,  and  the Savannah Bar Association. She is the chair of ALFA International, a global legal networking organization.  She also serves on ALFA International's Employment Practice Group Steering Committee.

Ms. Lamar is co-author of the article "Interest Arbitration: Public and Private Sector", published in the Wiley Employment Law Update by John Wiley & Sons (1994), and is a contributing author to the Employment Discrimination Law 1998 and 2000 Supplements. She has also been a speaker at numerous seminars on employment law topics, and is a  past  member of the Editorial Board of the Georgia Bar Journal.

She received her B.A. in History from Yale University in 1988, and her J.D. from Emory University in 1991. At Emory, she served as Senior Notes and Comment Editor for the Emory International Law Review. Following law school, Ms. Lamar was a law clerk from 1991 to 1992 for The Honorable Richard B. Kellam, Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia.

• Representative Engagements

  • McKee et al. v. Citi Trends, Inc., (4-CV-982, M.D. Alabama) (favorable settlement of FLSA collective action)
  • Old Town Trolley Tours Of Savannah, Inc. v. Jay Womble, Old Savannah Tours, LLC and Coastline Travel, Inc., (6-2060-KA, Superior Court of Chatham County) (enforcement of restrictive covenant through obtaining injunctive relief and settlement with favorable terms)
  • Clark v. St. Joseph’s/Candler Health Systems, Inc. & The Matthew Reardon Center, Inc., (summary judgment granted to Matthew Reardon Center on race/sex harassment, discrimination and retaliation claims, affirmed by the 11th Circuit 2007, cert. denied)
  • Glisson v. Global Security Services, LLC (287 Ga. App. 640 2007) (struck down restrictive covenant which lacked adequate consideration)

   

• Publications

  • The Americans Disabilities Act Can Affect Your Business
  • Supreme Court Weighs Meaning of Retaliation
  • Benefit Packages Gain Importance in the Current Economic Climate
  • Final GINA Regulations Now in Effect
  • Georgia's New Restrictive Covenant Law: Third Time's The Charm

• Professional Affiliations and Awards

  • ALFA International:  Chair, Board of Directors, Employment Practice Group Steering Committee Member, and Chair Emeritus of the ALFA Women’s Initiative Practice Group
  • Best Lawyers in America: (Labor and Employment Law) 2010 - 2011
  • 11th Circuit Court of Appeals: Member of the Bar
  • District of Maryland: Member of the Bar Middle, Northern, and Southern
  • Districts of Georgia: Member of the Bar
  • Georgia and District of Columbia Bar Associations
  • Northern District of Florida: Member of the Bar
  • Lawyer's Foundation of the State Bar of Georgia
  • Leadership Savannah: Class of 2000-2002
  • Georgia’s Association of Women Lawyers
  • Savannah Bar Association
  • Society for Human Resource Management: State Government Affairs Council
  • State Bar of Georgia Law Journal: Editorial Board, Past Member
  • Georgia Legal Services Program, Board of Directors, Past Member
  • Emory Law Alumni Association Board, Past Member
  • Savannah Area Tourism Leadership Council, Board of Directors, Past Member
  • Visit Savannah, Board of Directors, Executive Committee