Dena H. Sokolow

Granted attorneys' fees in a Title VII race discrimination case after prevailing on a Motion for Summary Judgment and subsequent appeal to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeal.

Represented a title company in a Department of Labor wage and hour audit where the DOL was alleging the company owed in excess of $120,000 in unpaid overtime. Negotiated with DOL and assisted in recalculation of the DOL's figures. Company paid less than $15,000.

Successfully argued a new interpretation of the Florida Public Employees' Relations Act before Florida's First District Court of Appeal.

Represented a large national fast food franchisee in a multi-party employment discrimination lawsuit filed in Florida. The plaintiffs worked for the client for over 30 years and were seeking in excess of $3 million. After coming to an impasse at early mediation and engaging in discovery to expose weaknesses in the case, negotiated a reasonable, deeply discounted settlement, well below the authorized settlement amount from the client.

Managed an audit team which used the Firm's proprietary FLSA Audit Portal to conduct an internal classification audit and work with the DOL on a contemporaneous external audit for a 15,000-employee client. The two-phased internal audit involved more than 450 managerial interviews and more than 500 position evaluations. The DOL accepted and relied upon our internal audit findings for 90 percent of the positions under its audit. Baker Donelson also provided guidance to the company on potential job duties restructuring to qualify certain positions for exemption, assisted in back-pay calculations, and advised on reclassification of the positions.