Jennifer M. Buckley

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Phone: (313) 965-8371
Fax: (313) 965-8252
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Areas of Practice
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Employment Litigation
Equal Employment Opportunity Law
Labor & Employment Law

Bar Admissions
Admitted to practice in State of Michigan, U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan and U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

Education
J.D., cum laude, Detroit College of Law, 1986
B.A., University of Michigan, 1982

Memberships
American Bar Association, Labor and Litigation Sections
State Bar of Michigan, Labor and Litigation Sections

Jennifer M. Buckley, a member of the firm, defends employers in state and federal court actions against sex, race, age, disability discrimination claims, ERISA and FMLA claims, as well as wrongful discharge and related tort claims. She is also experienced in defending actions brought under Michigan's Sales Representative Commissions Act and pursuing and defending claims pertaining to restrictive covenants. She has represented employers in administrative hearings before the Michigan Department of Civil Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Michigan Employment Security Commission and the Michigan Department of Labor.

Ms. Buckley creates and revises employment policies including employee manuals, applications, sexual and other unlawful harassment policies, drug testing and FMLA/absenteeism policies. She has lectured in the area of employment law at seminars and for companies on such topics as terminating employees, wrongful discharge, employment policies, sexual harassment, compliance with disability laws, FMLA, and other state and federal legislation in the employment and labor law arena.

She has advised employers regarding issues related to wage and hour compliance, EEO compliance, reductions in force, plant closings and mass layoffs, and has prepared necessary WARN Act notices and severance packages. Ms. Buckley has lectured for the Institute of Continuing Legal Education and the Workers' Compensation Section of the Bar on the Americans with Disabilities Act. She has represented employers in labor and employment arbitrations and before the National Labor Relations Board. Moreover, she is the author of several articles on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) which were published in TRIAD, the official Journal of the Michigan Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons, Inc. (Vol. 3 Nos. 7 and 8 and Vol. 4, No. 1), and has written and co authored other published articles on the ADA.

Ms. Buckley has represented  employers in a number of different industries, including manufacturing employers, those in the service industry, staffing and leasing employers, to name a few.  She has also represented a considerable number of non-profit organizations and has had the opportunity to address the unique employment issues pertaining to them. 

While at the Detroit College of Law, she was Research Editor of the Detroit College of Law Review.