Danielle C. Beasley

Associate

Ms. Beasley practices in the areas of labor, employment, and benefits litigation on behalf of private sector, public sector, and non-profit employers. Ms. Beasley has experience defending employers in employment discrimination, harassment, and wrongful discharge cases, ERISA and benefits actions, and administrative proceedings.  Ms. Beasley also advises employers on employment-related claims such as contracts, defamation lawsuits, garnishments, and non-competition agreements.  She brings a practical perspective to her role given both her previous experience as a manager and having worked for a major OEM’s management team during its national contract negotiations.


Practice Areas

Employment Law

Benefits Litigation

Labor Law

 

Education

University of Maryland School of Law (J.D., 2008)

Articles Editor, University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

Chair, University of Maryland School of Law Moot Court Board

University of Michigan (B.A., with distinction, 2004)


Publications & Presentations

Author, "Recurring Concerns in Arbitration Proceedings:  Examining the Contours of Arbitral

   Subpoenas Issued to Nonparty Witnesses," The University of Detroit Mercy Law Review, Vol. 87, Issue 3 (forthcoming March/April 2010).

Author, "Cost-Saving Measures that Could End Up Costing More: Strategies Employers Should Consider Before Implementing a Force Reduction," Michigan Bar Journal (forthcoming March 2010).

Co-Presenter, "New Year, New Laws, New Employee Handbook? What to Change and What to Keep in 2010," HR Hero Audio Conference Series (January 2010).

Author, "Thought Before Action:  Four Key Factors Employers Should Consider Prior to Drafting a Written Policy on Workplace Violence," Laches (August 2009).

Author, "The Employee Free Choice Act:  An Improper Vehicle to Remedy the Problems of Working Americans," 56 JUL FED. LAW. 39 (2009).

Author, "Coupling Responsibility with Liability: Why Institutional Review Board Liability is Good Public Policy," 36 N. KY. L. REV. 45 (2009).


Memberships

Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association Barristers, Executive Board Member

State Bar of Michigan