Lisa B Golan, Attorney At Law

Specialties

I represent employees who have been subject to discrimination or denied pay or benefits to which they are entitled. Many of my cases involve disability discrimination and the right to take and return from medical leave. I also continue to represent employees in cases of employment discrimination on the basis of age, national origin, race, religion and gender, to represent those who have been retaliated against for complaining about discrimination or have engaged in other whistle-​blowing activities, and continue to assist employees in obtaining the wages and benefits to which they are entitled by contract or law.

In the area of disability discrimination, I strive to provide my clients with the information they need to advocate for themselves in the workplace, to obtain the accommodations or medical leave they need to continue to be productive in the workplace, or alternatively to explore the benefits available to them should they be unable to continue to work in their current job.

History

Established in 1998.

In 1998, I left a respected Atlanta firm to dedicate my practice to representing employees who had been subjected to discrimination in the workplace or whose contractual rights had been denied. Since then I have focused my practice on disability discrimination and the right to take and return from medical leave.

I speak often and blog about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the interplay between employees’ rights to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act, to full time, intermittent and reduced hours leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act and about employees’ rights and eligibility for benefits under short and long term disability policies under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and other provisions of Georgia and federal law.

Meet the Business Owner

Lisa G.

Business Owner

I graduated from Cornell University in 1983 and graduated with distinction from Emory University School of Law in 1987. I have served on the Georgia Bar Labor & Employment Advisory Committee that provided input to the 11^th Circuit Pattern Jury Instruction Committee with respect to revisions of Employment Related charges and co-​chaired the Subcommittee revising the Americans with Disabilities Act instructions. I currently serve as Chair of the EEOC Liaison Committee and am a member of the Board, Secretary, and a past President of the Georgia affiliate of the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA-​GA), a civil rights bar association made up of attorneys whose litigation practices advocate employee rights. I am a member of the ABA Solo, Small Firm, General Practice Division– Litigation and Labor, Employment & Civil Rights Law Committees and served in the past on the Board of Directors of the Atlanta Bar Association’s Solo and Small Firm and Labor & Employment Law Sections.