Phone: (434) 924-3463

E-mail: jhv3q@virginia.edu

Subject Area(s): Employment discrimination, sexual and racial harassment, disability discrimination and accommodation, employment contracts, wrongful discharge, whistleblowers, wage and hour law, employee benefits, vicarious liability, workplace safety and health, workers' compensation, mediation and arbitration of employment disputes, contract law

All Courses: Contracts , Employment Law: Contracts, Torts & Statutes , Employment Law: Health & Safety , Employment Discrimination Law , Behavioral Law and Economics (seminar) , Employment & Labor Law: A Global Perspective (seminar) , Workplace Norms and the Law (seminar) , Seminar in Ethical Values

Current Course(s): Contracts (A), Seminar In Ethical Values (Yr), Employment Law: Contracts, Torts, And Statutes, Employment Law: Health And Safety, Seminar In Ethical Values (Yr)

In the Media:

• "An Innovative Contracts Course at UVA" (Legal Skills Prof Blog, 01/21/2013)
• "Is Facebook Free Speech? UVA Law Profs Weigh In On Hampton Firings" (The Daily Progress, 08/17/2012)
• "Norfolk Southern Told to Pay Another Fired Employee" (The Virginian-Pilot, 08/09/2012)
• "Survivor of Aurora 'Batman' Shooting Plans Lawsuit" (NewJerseyNewsroom, 07/26/2012)
• "In Wake of Tragedy, Lawyers Step In: Colorado Shooting Survivor Plans Suit, Says Publicist" (Yahoo! News, 07/25/2012)
• "UI suit concerns area Republicans" (Iowa City Press-Citizen, 04/02/2012)
• "Families of Dead Blackwater Contractors Settle Suit" (The Virginian-Pilot, 01/06/2012)
• "Norfolk Southern Told to Pay $122,199 to Ex-Employee" (Virginia Pilot, 08/12/2011)
• "Williams: Can City Count on Council?" (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 02/01/2011)
• "Workers' Comp Case Could Open Floodgates for Cases of Football-Related Dementia" (Neurology Today, 06/03/2010)
• City Attorneys: Wilder-Era Suit 'Legally Flawed' (Style Weekly, 05/11/2010)
• "Virginia Terminals had 17 Safety Violations in Five Years" (The Virginian-Pilot, 03/06/2010)
• "Union Membership Continues Decline" (Newport News Daily Press, 02/27/2008)
• "Contract Clause Prompts Discussion" (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, 11/20/2007)
• "Test Ruled Biased Because of Disparity in Pass Rates" (The Virginian-Pilot, 02/15/2006)
• "4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Changes Test for Title VII Claim" (Virginia Lawyers Weekly, 12/05/2005)
• "Commentary: I Think, Therefore I Blog" (The New Paper [Singapore], 04/25/2005)
• "Coffee, Tea, or Fired for Blogging?/The Queen of the Sky Gets Grounded" (National Review Online, 11/24/2004)
• "Fired Flight Attendant Finds Blogs Can Backfire" (The New York Times, 11/16/2004)
• "Would You Hire This Man?/Charles Cullen Kept Getting Hired and Fired Until His Murder Arrest. Why Job References Say Too Little" (Christian Science Monitor, 03/01/2004)
• "Redskins Seek Relief from Workers' Comp Rules" (NPR, "Weekend Edition", 01/25/2003)
• "Harassment Suit Against Radford Police Dismissed" (Roanoke Times, 03/14/2002)