| MCLE Credit: | 2.0 (Ethics: 0.0) |
| Live-Interactive Credit: | 0.0 |
| Price: | $149 (Includes a downloadable audio version.) |
| Viewable Through: | 05/31/2026 |
$149.00 (or 2 Bundle Credits)
A pre-recorded streaming VIDEO replay of the June 2025 webcast, An Update on Federal and Virginia Disability Law 2025.
This seminar is designed to educate attorneys on what they need to know to succeed in the practice of employment disability law. Whether you are a new attorney or a seasoned attorney, this program provides you with current best practices and help you expand your practice.
In this lecture-style program, experienced employment lawyers and litigators Merrell Renaud and Suzzanne Decker cover all the major topics that attorneys need to know to practice disability law.
Overview and applicability of the ADA
Overview and applicability of the Virginians with Disabilities Act and Virginia Values Act
Suzzanne Decker, Miles & Stockbridge / Baltimore, MD
Suzzanne W. Decker represents businesses in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship.
Ms. Decker advises employers of all sizes on employment law matters, including preventing discrimination in the workplace and litigation avoidance in employee hirings, terminations, and medical leave administration. She also has extensive experience assisting clients in the construction industry with obligations including prevailing wage laws, workplace fraud, the Davis-Bacon Act, and the Service Contract Act.
Ms. Decker’s litigation experience includes defending employers in matters including wage-and-hour issues, discrimination and harassment, family medical leave, and ERISA denial of benefits. She has also assisted companies with non-competition agreement enforcement and breach-of-contract claims.
Merrell B. Renaud, Miles & Stockbridge / Tysons Corner
Merrell Renaud, of counsel in the Northern Virginia office of Miles & Stockbridge, is an employment lawyer and litigator with over 25 years of experience advising public and private corporations on all aspects of employment law. Her practice focuses on employment counseling and employment litigation on behalf of management, with an emphasis on counseling government contractors.
Ms. Renaud is the author of Chapter 4, “State and Federal Disabilities Acts,” in the Virginia CLE® publication Employment Law in Virginia. She counsels and defends clients on a wide variety of employment-related matters, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, Family Medical Leave Act, restrictions against unfair competition, and claims of discrimination in violation of Title VII, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act issues. A large part of her practice is devoted to ensuring that clients comply with applicable federal and state employment laws by conducting employment audits, reviewing corporate handbooks, conducting internal investigations of claimed discrimination, and giving presentations on various employment law topics.
Ms. Renaud previously worked as an employment attorney at Squire Patton Boggs and also was an associate and then a partner with Hazel & Thomas.
Before entering private practice, Ms. Renaud spent seven years as a trial attorney for the United States Department of Justice, Tax Division. During her tenure with the federal government, she tried more than twenty cases in federal and state courts, took hundreds of depositions, and was awarded a Special Commendation from the Assistant Attorney General of the Tax Division. Ms. Renaud is a graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center, where she earned an LL.M., and a graduate of the Albany Law School of Union University, where she earned a J.D.
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