Jennifer G. Hall

Obtained summary judgment on an Americans with Disabilities Act failure to accommodate claim for a hotel management company.

Obtained a dismissal of Section 1981 and Section 1983 claims and punitive damages demand under Title VII for a municipal airport authority.

Obtained a dismissal for three individual defendants, former and current airport authority employees, based upon qualified immunity under Section 1981 and Section 1983 and lack of individual liability under Title VII. 

Obtained a jury trial defense verdict in favor of an airport authority sued for alleged discrimination based upon failure to promote.

Obtained a jury trial defense verdict on behalf of a medical device company accused of discrimination claims.

Obtained summary judgment against the EEOC in an enforcement action against a home health agency; affirmed in part on appeal to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals after oral argument.

Successfully appealed to the Mississippi Court of Appeals on the MDES's misclassification of independent contractors of a paramedical company as employees.

Won summary judgment on pro se plaintiff's race discrimination case against an automotive parts manufacturer.

Received summary judgment in favor of a nursing home on claims of retaliation.

Obtained summary judgment for a national restaurant operator against claims of sexual harassment based upon Ellerth/Faragher affirmative defense; successfully affirmed on appeal to Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Won summary judgment for a federal contractor on pro se plaintiff's claim of race discrimination and retaliation.

Obtained summary judgment for a life insurance company in an ERISA challenge to the company's denial of long-term disability benefits.

Obtained dismissal of lawsuit based upon the arbitration agreement between an oil company and employee; employee failed to pursue arbitration after court dismissal.

Won dismissal of lawsuit against a facilities operations and management company based upon pro se plaintiff's failure to timely serve the complaint.

Received summary judgment for a casino in an employee's disability discrimination case.

Obtained summary judgment for a regional health center in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi in which the plaintiff asserted claims against the hospital and its administrator for wrongful termination in retaliation for the exercise of protected speech, as well as various state law claims.

Secured summary judgment based on the plaintiff's failure to comply with the procedural requirements of the Mississippi Tort Claims Act.

Defended a poultry processor against race, national origin, and gender discrimination, retaliation, and harassment claims brought by 11 individual plaintiffs and a pattern and practice claim brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission seeking to recover equitable relief, compensatory damages, and punitive damages on behalf of more than 100 class members that ultimately resulted in a favorable settlement for the client.

Obtained summary judgment for a mental health facility and its individual board members in an action alleging breach of employment contract, Section 1983, freedom of association, and intentional infliction of emotional distress claims.

Represented a freight company in the appeal of a federal lawsuit filed by a former employee alleging racial discrimination. The appellate court affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the freight company.

Obtained a 12(b)(6) dismissal of a bad faith workers' compensation claim. The complaint alleged bad faith denial of a hernia claim; the claim had been denied as not work-related under Mississippi's five-part hernia compensation standard. The case was dismissed based upon the plaintiff's admitted failure to exhaust administrative remedies with the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission.