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Topic: Legal Update 2023
Registration Fee: $25
Deadline: January 4, 2023
Learning Objectives:
Speaker Bios:
L. Grant Close III Nexsen Pruet
Grant Close is a Member in Nexsen Pruet’s Greenville, South Carolina office, where he helps employers navigate employment and labor laws. Grant is experienced in defending employers against federal and state court lawsuits involving wage and hour matters, non-compete agreements, leave laws, employment contracts, and discrimination and harassment lawsuits. Grant has represented companies in class and collective actions claiming unpaid overtime wages.
Grant advises employers on compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, and other workplace laws.
Grant has experience in various industries including higher education, construction, health care, home health, retail, special purpose districts, and non-profit.
Grant also advises clients on Form I-9 and E-Verify compliance and audits by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division.
Grant also represents clients in audits and investigations by other government agencies including the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), South Carolina Human Affairs Commission (SCHAC) and the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation (LLR).
Before joining Nexsen Pruet, Grant was a Partner with a national labor and employment law firm's Spartanburg, South Carolina office, where he practiced for more than a decade.
Grant received his Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Wofford College before receiving his J.D. from the Charleston School of Law.
Lucas Asper Ogletree Deakins
Lucas Asper is an attorney in the Ogletree Deakins’ Greenville, South Carolina office. Mr. Asper represents management in all aspects of labor and employment law, including:
Lucas is a native of Omaha, Nebraska, and has lived in South Carolina since 1990. He graduated with honors from the University of South Carolina in 2004, where he majored in Sociology. In 2008, he graduated with honors from the University of South Carolina School of Law, where he served as Associate Editor-in-Chief of the South Carolina Law Review and was a member of the Order of Wig and Robe. Upon graduating from law school, Lucas was one of three students awarded the Compleat Lawyer Award by the University of South Carolina School of Law Alumni Association. Prior to law school, Lucas served as a project manager for a lumber supply company/building components manufacturer in Columbia, South Carolina, where Lucas managed numerous multi-family and single-family construction projects
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