Gavin Appleby advises and represents employers in a broad course of employment law matters.  He has significant experience in union avoidance, defending union campaigns, handling arbitrations and mediations, and conducting collective bargaining.  Mr. Appleby also litigates employment cases of all types and has tried approximately 150 cases in court or arbitration.  Mr. Appleby provides employers with consulting on human resource practices, including establishing ADR processes, developing systems for providing better and more effective advice to managers, and instituting programs aimed at early resolution of employment problems.  Mr. Appleby is nationally known for his labor and employment law training, as well for developing legally-defensible diversity programs. He also is an expert on OFCCP matters and drug testing as well as pre-employment testing.

Education
J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 1979
B.A., West Virginia Wesleyan College, 1976

Publications
Mr. Appleby has published articles on employment and labor law issues ranging from union avoidance to dealing with problem employees, co-authoring a published textbook on pre-employment testing, and assisting numerous companies in creating effective pre-employment drug and paper-and-pencil testing.  In 2007, Mr. Appleby published the book Harassment, Discrimination and Other Workplace Landmines through Entrepreneur Press.
A member of the professional tennis Anti-Doping Review Board, Mr. Appleby co-authored professional tennis' anti-doping rules and successfully defended the ATP Tour and International Tennis Federation in international drug hearings.

Lectures & Presentations
Renowned as an exemplary employment law trainer, Mr. Appleby has created numerous training programs and trained tens of thousands of human resource professionals and operations managers across the country.  Among his achievements are creating an entirely interactive course in risk assessment for human resource professionals.

Activities
Georgia State Bar
Member of the American Bar Association Committee on the Development of the Law under the National Labor Relations Act.
Member of the International Tennis Federation, ATP Tour and WTA Tour Anti-Doping Review Boards.

Contact:
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Business Phone: (404) 760-3935