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Emily S. Borna is a principal in the Atlanta, Georgia, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. and a co-leader of the firm’s Manufacturing industry group. Since completing law school, she has focused her practice on labor and employment litigation on behalf of management.

Emily joined Jackson Lewis after a year of private practice in Savannah, Georgia. She concentrates her practice on litigating employment law cases in federal and state courts and labor and employment agencies. She has significant experience assisting employers in meeting the legal and practical challenges posed by federal and state laws protecting injured and ill employees.

Emily has extensive practice advising businesses on compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws. She routinely presents and appears as a speaker before numerous business organizations, including the Society of Human Resource Management, the National Business Institute, and management personnel addressing labor and employment issues and compliance with workplace laws. Emily has drafted and reviewed employment policies and counseled corporate clients on sensitive disciplinary issues. She has also represented employers in administrative hearings and handled litigation involving issues of wage/hour, sexual harassment, gender discrimination, disability discrimination, medical leave, age discrimination, race, national origin, and/or color discrimination, retaliation, wrongful discharge, and state tort issues.