Virginia F. Metz

Founder, retired

For more than 28 years, Ms. Metz practiced in the areas of employment discrimination, civil rights, labor and complex/class action litigation in federal and state courts, employee relations counseling, and arbitration. Her expertise includes the Americans with Disabilities Act and related disability issues, sexual harassment, discrimination, OFCCP and EEO/AAP compliance and negotiations, and civil rights issues of all types.

Education

University of Michigan Law School (J.D., cum laude)

Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (M.A.)

Iowa State University (with honors)

Awards & Recognitions

The Best Lawyers in America: Management Labor Lawyers

Selected by her peers from across the United States as a member of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers (former Fellow)

Memberships

State Bar of Michigan (former Chair, Labor & Employment Law Section)

American Employment Law Council (Charter Member)

American Inn of Court (former Master of the Bench)

Michigan State Bar Foundation (former Fellow)

American Bar Foundation (former Fellow)

Attorney Discipline Board (former Hearing Panel Member)

United States District Court (former Chair, Local Rules Advisory Committee, Eastern District of Michigan)