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Ana C. Shields is the co-leader of the firm’s Employment Litigation practice group nationally, serves on the firm’s Board of Directors and is the Office Managing Principal of the firm's office in Melville, New York.

As a management side defense litigator, Ana exclusively represents employers and management with respect to claims of harassment, discrimination, retaliation and other alleged violations of labor and employment laws before federal and state courts, Arbitrators, and administrative agencies.

In addition to her significant litigation practice, Ana frequently is retained by management to conduct high level independent investigations of alleged workplace harassment by c-suite or senior level executives.

On March 14, 2013, a member of the American Health Care Association (AHCA) testified before the House Education and Workforce Committee’s subcommittee on Workforce Protections hearing on the critical shortages of mid-level caregivers in the nation’s skilled nursing centers and its impact on the economy.  Click here for more information from Jackson Lewis’ Immigration Blog.

An RN on FMLA leave lawfully was discharged from her position at Detroit Medical Center when her employer discovered she had misrepresented her alleged medical condition in her FMLA leave request, a federal district court has determined. Lineberry v. Detroit Medical Center, et al., Case No. 11-13752 (E.D. Mich., S.D. Feb. 5, 2013). Although

The U.S. Department of Labor reportedly has recouped $2.1 million dollars in back wages as a result of an ongoing enforcement initiative which, to date, involved investigation of 200 residential care facilities within the jurisdiction of its North Carolina District Office.  The DOL reported finding “widespread violations” of the Fair Labor Standards Act minimum wage