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Female firefighters and paramedics face “a culture of sex-based discrimination” in Franklin County, a former captain in its Fire & EMS Department claims in a lawsuit. Rena Clark Jennings, who became the department’s first female captain in…

Virginia Employment Law is representing Dr. Thomas Bolton in what is believed to be the first jury trial brought under the Virginia Whistleblower Protection Act. Dr. Bolton, a Roanoke Valley emergency physician, alleges he was wrongfully terminated b…

Virginia Employment Law, led by attorney Thomas E. Strelka, is representing two former high-ranking city finance officials in separate $5 million lawsuits alleging a toxic workplace culture under Roanoke’s prior leadership. Plaintiffs Yen Thuy Ha,…

Virginia Employment Law, led by attorney Thomas E. Strelka, represents former Spotsylvania County Superintendent Mark Taylor in a wrongful termination and First Amendment lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia…

Virginia Employment Law, led by attorney Thomas E. Strelka, represents Dr. Michele Hollis, a Hanover County emergency physician, in a $15 million whistleblower lawsuit against two emergency department staffing companies owned by a Canadian private eq…

Virginia Employment Law, through attorney Thomas E. Strelka, represents Roanoke County Supervisor Martha Hooker in a federal lawsuit alleging her termination from the school system was illegal retaliation for exercising her constitutional rights. The…

Virginia Employment Law successfully resolved a federal lawsuit against the Virginia Military Institute’s Board of Visitors through private mediation in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia. The case involved a prospective s…

Virginia Employment Law, representing former Hollins University Vice President Steven Laymon, has filed a $5 million lawsuit alleging he was wrongfully terminated in retaliation for supporting Jewish students who reported antisemitic harassment on ca…