Gordon M. Berger, Esq.
E: gordon.berger@fisherbroyles.com
T: (470) 412-0303
F: (470) 745-0524
Atlanta Office
Practice Areas
- Labor & Employment
- Outsourcing
- General Corporate
- Commercial Transactions
- Litigation – Civil Pretrial and Trial Services
Bar Admissions
- Georgia
- Georgia Court of Appeals
- Supreme Court of Georgia
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
- U.S. District Court – Northern District, GA
- U.S. District Court – Middle District, GA
- U.S. District Court – Eastern District, TN
- U.S. District Court – Eastern District, MI
Education
- Emory School of Law, J.D., 1991
- University of Rochester, B.A., History/Political Science, 1988
Corporate Experience
- International Personnel Resources, General Counsel
Large Law Firm Experience
- Ford & Harrison, LLP
Recent Representative Successes Include
- Successfully defending a client company from a USDOL wage and hour audit
- Successfully defending a client company from a USDOL foreign worker discrimination audit
- Successfully defending a client company from a state DOL audit
- Successfully defending clients in FMLA, Title VII and ADA lawsuits and arbitrations
Presentations & Teaching Experience
- Presenter – NLRB September Regulation Proposal – Joint Employment Update – Webinar (October 2018)
- Presenter – Joint Employer Redux: NLRB Update and Other Developments – Webinar (October 4, 2018)
- Presenter – 2018 PrismHR Conference & Training – San Antonio, TX (June 12, 2018)
- Presenter – Ethics Session: PEO Client & Carrier Interplay – NAPEO’s 2018 Capital Summit – Alexandria, VA (May 23, 2018)
- Presenter “Joint Employment Update” – Webinar (April 25, 2018)
- Presenter – What’s New In PEO Legal Operations – Increased Litigation, ADR, Ban the Box – NAPEO’s 2017 Annual Conference & Marketplace – Orlando, FL (September 7, 2017)
- Presenter – 2017 PrismHR Conference & Training – Nashville, TN (June 14, 2017)
- Presenter – The Next Wave of EEOC Discrimination Claims: Mental Disabilities and Implicit Bias in the Workplace – NAPEO’s 2017 Capital Summit – Alexandria, VA (May 11, 2017)
- Presenter – NAPEO’s Mid-Atlantic Leadership Council Forum – Employment Law Update (April 25, 2017)
- Presenter – USCIS Releases New I-9 Form: What You Need to Know – Complimentary – Webinar (December 14, 2016)
- Presenter – NAPEO’s Michigan/Mid-West Leadership Council Forum, Employment Law Update (November 10, 2016)
- Presenter – 2016 NAPEO Annual Conference, What’s Cooking at the EEOC (September 2016)
- Presenter – 2016 NAPEO Carolinas LCF, Employment Law Update (July 19, 2016)
Publications
- Contributor – Federal Government Shutdown Effect on Employers – Legal Alert (January 19, 2019)
- Author – Developments in Arbitration Agreements – PEO Insider (November 2018)
- Author – “PEO Start-Ups” – PEO Insider (May 2018)
- Contributor – Employers Must Use New I-9 Form Beginning September 18, 2017 – Legal Alert (September 15, 2017)
- Author – The EEOC Issues Guidance for Mental Health in the Workplace – PEO Insider (August 2017)
- Contributor – USDOL Withdraws Joint Employment and Independent Contractor – Legal Alert (June 12, 2017)
- Author – The 2017 EEOC Strategic Enforcement Plan – PEO Insider (May 2017)
- Contributor – Fair Credit Reporting Act Background Check Issues for PEOs – PEO Insider (September 2016)
- Contributor – Uber Cases Could Spur New Employee Classification – Legal Alert (May 6, 2016)
- Author – New Definitions of Joint Employment: Problematic for PEOs? – PEO Insider (May 2016)
- Contributor – Apple-Federal Government Standoff Mirrored in the Workplace – Legal Alert (March 2, 2016)
- Contributor – Top 10 Employee Handbook Updates for 2016 – Legal Alert (February 9, 2016)
- Contributor – Form M-1 Filings Due March 1, 2016 for MEWAs – Legal Alert (February 8, 2016)
- Contributor – What’s on the Horizon for Employers in 2016? – Legal Alert (January 14, 2016)