More About Julie Weiner

Julie is a native of metro Atlanta.  The only time she strayed from the area was to live in Athens while attending the University of Georgia to obtain an undergraduate degree in business administration.  She returned to Atlanta for her legal education, earning her Juris Doctor with honors from the Georgia State University College of Law.  During her last year of law school Julie worked as a law clerk for a boutique employment firm that represented companies throughout the United States. She remained at the firm as an associate after passing the Georgia Bar Exam. When Julie decided to seek new opportunities, she inadvertently met an attorney who handled employment cases on behalf of workers.   She had no idea how different it could be to work on the “other side” of her area of practice.  But, gaining that experience has been invaluable.

Understanding Both Sides of Work-Related Issues

Representing both individuals and businesses, Julie is able to analyze employment situations from multiple perspectives.  This quality is unique and provides many benefits to her clients.  For individuals, it facilitates a more realistic assessment as to whether or not viable employment claims exist and, if so, what they are worth.  From a business perspective, having a lawyer who understands the employee side of claims provides the ability to offer preventive advice and properly assess the risks of a potential or actual disputes. 

Exclusively Handling Employment-Related Matters

Focusing her practice almost exclusively on employment-related cases provides Julie the ability to handle a wide variety of issues that can arise in the workplace. Her experience includes plaintiff and defense cases involving allegations of unlawful discrimination and harassment, breach of contract, commissions, wage and hour issues, FMLA leave, as well as multiple types of retaliation.  For business clients she also provides day-to-day HR advice, and drafts employment-related contracts and policies. Julie has handled hundreds of EEOC Charges, has extensively litigated claims in both state and federal courts in Georgia, and has appeared before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and the Georgia Court of Appeals. With that said, most of her cases are resolved through informal negotiations and mediation. 

Staying Active In The Legal Community

Julie believes that forming relationships with other members of the legal community also benefits clients. She has been an active member of the Georgia Affiliate of the National Employment Lawyers Association (“NELA-GA”) since 2002 and served on the Board of Directors from January 2008 to January 2017, including service as 2012 President.  She also chaired the NELA-GA annual continuing legal education program for many years, participated in the organization’s mentoring program, led multiple committees, and spoke at meetings and seminars on subjects related to employment law and litigation.  She was also selected as a mentor for the 2017-2018 Mentorship Academy, which is co-sponsored by NELA-GA and the Labor & Employment Section of the State Bar of Georgia.