Tracey T. Barbaree represents employers in all aspects of employment and civil rights litigation, with a focus on Rule 23 class actions and defending collective action claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). She also particularly enjoys litigating individual employment discrimination claims in a cost-effective, summary judgment-focused manner that regularly results in dismissal of the claims before trial. She represents employers in federal and state court litigation and before agencies and counsels employers on matters arising under federal and state laws such as:

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
The Equal Pay Act (EPA)
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Some highlights of her experience include:

Denial of employee’s attempt to conditionally certify FLSA off-the-clock claims to include all hourly employees working for a national retailer; and dismissal of individual claims
Denial of class certification of race and gender hiring, promotion, and training claims against national restaurant chain
Decertification of the FLSA claims of a putative class of servers seeking damages for alleged non-server work
Complete defense verdict in a jury trial involving race discrimination and retaliation claims
Completion of all stages of two major reductions-in-force – from planning through separation and release agreements – for a national employer
Summary judgment on ADA, ADEA and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) affirmed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit; and denial of former employee’s petition for certiorari by the U.S. Supreme Court

Tracey currently serves as an adjunct professor at Georgia State University Law School and speaks to professional groups on employment law issues. Prior to joining Littler, she was a partner at a national labor and employment law firm and co-chaired the class action practice group. During law school, she was a judicial clerk for the Hon. Richard C. Freeman, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia and a managing editor of The Ohio State Law Journal.