Butler Snow attorney Kara E. Shea is set to present at BLR’s Reopening the Workplace Virtual Conference on Wednesday, May 20 from 1:15 to 2:15 CST. Her presentation, titled “Health, Privacy and Employer Liability Issues,” will cover employer best practices to slow/eliminate spread of viruses in the workplace such as temperature checks, screening for symptoms and or/testing for COVID-19. She will also discuss weighing the health of your workers against ADA and health privacy concerns (HIPAA). More information about the conference can be found by visiting https://events.simplifycompliance.com/event/reopening-the-workplace/RWV05202020/.
Kara serves as practice group leader of Butler Snow’s labor and employment group and concentrates her practice on employment counseling and employment litigation. She has extensive trial and appellate experience and regularly counsels clients in the financial services, health care and home health industries on employment law compliance. Kara has been recognized by Best Lawyers® for employment law – management and labor law – management, by Super Lawyers® as a Mid-South Super Lawyer for employment and labor, a Top 50 Women: Mid-South Super Lawyers, a Top 50 Nashville Super Lawyers and as a Top 100: Tennessee Super Lawyers, by Chambers USA for labor and employment.
Kara is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation and the Nashville Bar Foundation, and is a member of the American Bar Association, the Tennessee Bar Association, the Nashville Bar Association, the Society for Human Resources Management, the Middle Tennessee Society for Human Resources Management and the Employers Counsel Network. She received her bachelor’s degree, summa cum laude, from Boston University and her Juris Doctor from Vanderbilt University Law School.
