Rosa Arnold’s son, Albert T. Mills, was shot in the back and killed during a robbery in 1994 when he was working a second job over the holidays to support his family. Rosa went to the arraignment hearing for the two young men who shot her son and was struck by how callous and cold they were. She felt compelled to take action in the wake of her son’s death and chose to focus her efforts on …

This webinar discusses the factors used to determine whether workers are independent contractors or employees, and whether employees are exempt or non-exempt, with a focus on the issues of classification commonly faced by domestic violence shelters and sexual assault centers, and the consequences of these classifications. Are your workers independent contractors or employees? Are your employees exempt or non-exempt? What are the dangers of misclassifying your workers? Do you sometimes struggle with issues of when you have …

Rachel Epps Spears, Executive Director, Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta, talks with Happy R. Perkins, Vice President of the GEneral Electric Company and General Counsel of GE Energy, about the Atlanta in-house legal community’s commitment to pro bono service. Read it in The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel Special Report.

“You might not feel like your legal expertise is conducive to providing direct legal services to individuals such as the [Katrina] evacuees, but consider providing your services to the nonprofit agencies whose mission is to serve those in need. That is the idea behind the newly-established Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta, which matches volunteer lawyers from corporations and law firms with nonprofits in need of free legal services in the areas of corporate, employment, tax, real estate, …

“It all started about a year ago, when Rick Hobish, executive director of the White Plains, N.Y.-based Pro Bono Parnership, spoke to several representatives from Atlanta corporate legal departments and law firms at a luncheon sponsored by GE Power. … [His] presentation inspired in-house attorneys at the luncheon–lawyers from companies such as GE, The Coca-Cola Co. and Cox Communications–to form a board of directors and start raising funds to create the Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta.” Read …