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Gordon L. Blair

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Employment Law, Litigation, Higher Education, Workplace Investigations and Organizational Assessments
Healthcare, Retail

Gordon L. Blair has 20 years’ experience partnering with management on the full spectrum of labor, employment, and general liability matters.  He regularly works with company executives and human resources directors to develop practical strategies for resolving difficult employment/workforce issues and limiting general legal and other risks. Gordon is also a litigator with a track record of successfully representing businesses in matters ranging from administrative proceedings to federal and appellate litigation. He has successfully defended clients in ADA, ADEA, Title VII, FLSA, FMLA, OSHA, USERRA, state retaliatory discharge, construction defect, breach of contract, premises liability, personal injury, and wrongful death litigation.  Winning results include defense verdicts and countless summary judgment awards.  Industries include: higher education, construction, manufacturing, retail, communication, healthcare, and defense.  Gordon is very proud of the longstanding, strong ties he has been fortunate to develop with many clients, along the way.

When not serving clients as a counselor or litigator, Gordon works as a mediator. He has been registered on the Alabama State Court Mediator Roster since 2012. Gordon brings to his mediation practice vast experience resolving scores of employment, tort, and contract actions.

Gordon’s principal interest outside of work is his family. He and his wife have two sons. They live in Birmingham and are active in their church. Gordon enjoys coaching youth sports and just about any outdoor activity.

Employment Law, Litigation, Higher Education, Workplace Investigations and Organizational Assessments
Healthcare, Retail
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Gordon litigates primarily in Alabama state and federal courts.  His litigation experience includes:

Highlights from the past few years of Gordon’s practice include:

Outside of the courthouse, Gordon devotes a substantial portion of his practice to counseling employers on day-to-day human resources issues and litigation avoidance.

Education

Admission to Practice

Professional Activities

  • Birmingham Bar Association (Medical Liaison Committee)
  • SHRM – Birmingham Chapter
  • Birmingham Diversity Summit, hosted by the Birmingham Business Alliance (ODNSS Birmingham representative)
  • Registered on the Alabama State Court Mediator Roster

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Insights by Gordon L. Blair

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Workplace Violence Plans: Tragic Events Shine a Spotlight on Preventive Measures

Recent events have employers once again wondering if they do enough to address the risk of workplace violence. After a mass shooting, for example, businesses and other organizations sometimes look back with 20/20 hindsight and notice warning signs that they might have overlooked. A durable workplace violence prevention plan may help employers identify the hard-to-detect signs of potentially problematic behavior.

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Overemployed? The Growing Trend of Remote Workers Secretly Working Multiple Jobs

The COVID-19 pandemic forced countless businesses to transition their employees to remote work, and through this process, many learned that remote work can offer multiple advantages, including increased employee productivity and morale and decreased expense associated with commercial office space and employee parking. Even those companies continuing to prefer an in-person presence have permitted at least some remote work on a hybrid basis, if only to remain competitive in a tight labor market. Lurking in the background is the unavoidable suspicion that at least some remote workers are taking advantage of the situation, and, indeed, some are—and in a surprising way. An increasing number of remote employees are working multiple jobs at the same time, so much so that the phenomenon is now referred to as “overemployed.”

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Alabama Attorney General Issues Public Notice Summarizing State Law on Vaccine Requirements

On May 24, 2021, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed into law Senate Bill 267 (Act No. 2021-493), a measure prohibiting state entities and private businesses from requiring individuals to show proof of vaccination in order to receive goods or services. Following “an increase in legal questions related to … COVID-19 vaccination[s],” Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall issued a public notice on July 26, 2021, summarizing Alabama law on vaccination requirements and related matters.

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