About Joanne R. Bush
Practice Areas
- Employment
- Federal
- Class Actions
- Appellate
Education
- Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2004J.D.
- Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, 2001B.S.
Representative Cases
- Albertson's resolves federal and state purported collective and class actions involving grocery managers' exempt status (2009)
- FLYi Inc. and Independence Air file for bankruptcy with $455 million in debt (2009)
- IBM defends against nationwide FLSA action alleging misclassification of sales representation (2009)
- IBM defends against purported nationwide class action alleging violations under FLSA (2009)
- IBM defends against statewide class action alleging denial of overtime and other wage and hour issues (2009)
- IBM defends against statewide class action alleging overtime violations under California law (2009)
- IBM prevails in case alleging "off-the-clock and on-call" claims under FLSA
- IBM settles FLSA and ERISA class action involving technical support workers' exempt status (2009)
- St. Jude Neuromodulation Division obtains injunctive relief against competitor and former employees (2009)
- The Washington Post obtains dismissal of refusal to bargain (2009)
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- New York
- Texas
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois
Past Positions
- National Labor Relations Board, Region 2, Board Agent, - 2002
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- Partner
- Partner
- Associate
- Partner
Nearby Lawyers
- Employment
- Federal
- Class Actions
- Appellate
- 0.5 mile away
- 0.8 mile away
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