Michele Sumara
Labor Board Overturns Dismissal Due To Facebook Post
NLRB Overturns Firing Based on Facebook Post Federal Law Protects Employee Concerted Activities on Social Media In 2012, a former employee of Butler Medical...
Jimmy John’s Employees Organize for Sick Leave
Jimmy John’s employees at ten franchise stores in Minnesota have been trying to organize a union and improve their working conditions. One of their key...
Attorneys Richard Saks, Michele Sumara, and Barbara Quindel Assist in Pressuring Wisconsin Elections Commission to Reverse Course on Absentee Ballots
HQ Attorneys Richard Saks, Michele Sumara, and Barbara Quindel advised and represented the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin in successfully pressuring the Wisconsin Elections...
HQ Attorneys Richard Saks and Michele Sumara Commence a Lawsuit against Milwaukee Voucher School for Unpaid Wages
Hawks Quindel attorneys Michele Sumara and Richard Saks have commenced a lawsuit against a Milwaukee voucher school, Travis Academy, and its wealthy owner, Dorothy Travis-Moore,...
Hawks Quindel Wins Summary Judgment regarding Restaurant’s Liability for Minimum Wage and Overtime Violations
Hawks Quindel recently won a hard fought victory for a group of local restaurant workers claiming that they had not been paid properly under the...
NAACP/Voces Voter ID Case Update — Oral Argument Before Supreme Court Scheduled for Feb. 25
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has scheduled oral argument for later this month, on Feb. 25th at 9:45 am in the NAACP/Voces challenge to the constitutionality...
Attorneys Hawks, Halstead and Sumara Win Victory for Hundreds of Union Employees in City of Racine
On November 20, 2013, a unanimous Wisconsin Court of Appeals affirmed the Racine County Circuit Court’s decision in favor of 500+ City of Racine employees...
Is Your Unpaid Internship Legal? A Guide to Unpaid Work and FLSA Law
Is Your Unpaid Internship Legal? A Guide to Unpaid Work and FLSA Law Interns are notoriously overworked and unpaid. Many students and recent graduates in...
Fired Over Facebook Posts? Check Your Rights
Employees often get into trouble with their employers for posts on social media sites, and sometimes employees are even fired over Facebook or Twitter posts....