Lisa (Lee) A. Schreter
Shareholder
Professional & Community Affiliations
Charter Senior Fellow
Litigation Counsel of America
Member
Atlanta Bar Association
Member
Litigation, Labor and Employment and Individual Rights sections
American Bar Association
Member
Committee on Fair Labor Standards
American Bar Association
Co-Chair, OutWOMEN
Out Leadership
Member, Global Advisory Board
Out Leadership
Registered Neutral
Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution
Recognition
Named, The Best Lawyers in America®
2008-2025
Awarded, AV® Peer Review Rating
Martindale-Hubbell
Named, Client Service All-Star
BTI Consulting Group
2019
Ranked, Labor & Employment
Chambers USA
2009-2024
Named, Trailblazers in Litigation
The National Law Journal
2016
Named, Outstanding Woman Lawyer
The National Law Journal
2015
Named, Female Powerbroker
Law360
2014
Ranked, “Commended” in the Litigation Category
North America Innovative Lawyers Report - Financial Times
2014
Named, Super Lawyer
Georgia
Super Lawyers
2010-2013
Named, Top Lawyers in America
Corporate Counsel
News, Analysis & Press
Federal Court Denies DOL a “Hot Goods” Injunction over Child Labor Allegations
Insight
July 16, 2024
Littler Ranked in 2024 Chambers USA Guide
June 6, 2024
Proposed DOL Overtime Threshold Increase Could Stretch Some Industries
WorldatWork
September 12, 2023
Overtime Would Become Available to Millions More Employees Under Proposed Rule
SHRM Online
August 30, 2023
Littler Recognized in 2023 Chambers USA Guide
June 6, 2023
DOL Appears Delayed On Planned Update To Overtime Carveout
Law360 Employment Authority
November 2, 2022
Littler Ranked in Chambers USA Guide 2022
June 1, 2022
5 Wage-Hour Tips For Employers During The Holiday Season
Law360 Employment Authority
December 10, 2021
Littler Ranked in Chambers USA Guide 2021
May 27, 2021
Littler Elects Seven New Members to 2021 Board of Directors
January 21, 2021
DOL Justifies More Gradual Salary Level Increase for Highly Compensated Exemption
SHRM Online
September 26, 2019
1.3 million more workers could earn overtime pay next year under new Trump administration rules
Market Watch
September 25, 2019
Best Lawyers in America© 2020 Edition Honors More Than 200 Littler Lawyers; 14 Named Lawyer of the Year
August 15, 2019
Littler Ranked in 2019 Chambers USA Guide
April 25, 2019
Four Littler Attorneys Named BTI "Client Service All-Stars"
March 28, 2019
DOL Proposes to Increase the Minimum Salary for the “White Collar” Overtime Exemptions to $35,308
ASAP
March 8, 2019
Are Supervisors Who Earn Less than Subordinates Eligible for Overtime Pay?
SHRM Online
October 18, 2018
Littler Ranked in 2018 Chambers USA Guide
May 15, 2018
DOL Launches Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) Program to Promote Self-Reporting and Early Resolution of Wage and Hour Claims
ASAP
March 7, 2018
Opinion Letters From DOL Could Help Employers ‘Get-Out-of-Jail-Free’
Bloomberg BNA Daily Labor Report
March 30, 2017
Littler Earns Top Rankings in Financial Times 2016 North America Innovative Lawyers Report
December 6, 2016
With the Election (Mercifully) Behind Us, What Will a Trump Administration Mean for Employers?
Littler Report
November 9, 2016
Littler's Lee Schreter Joins Out Leadership's Global Advisory Board
Out Leadership
September 1, 2016
The Best Lawyers in America© Honors More Than 180 Littler Lawyers in Its 2017 Edition
August 16, 2016
Report Highlights Employers’ Biggest Concerns: ACA, New Bias Claims and OT Regs
HR Morning
July 13, 2016
What are the Most Significant Changes the DOL Made to the FLSA's White Collar Overtime Regulations?
Insight
May 31, 2016
Littler Launches Compliance Solution for New Overtime Rules
April 12, 2016
Why the LGBT Movement Needs to Pledge for Parity on International Women’s Day
Gay Star Business
March 8, 2016
The Ranks of Female Firm Leaders Are Growing – And So Are Their Dinner Parties
Bloomberg BNA
January 8, 2016
Number of New FLSA Lawsuits Continues to Increase
Bloomberg BNA Labor Relations Week
September 23, 2015
Overtime Rule May Hurt Workplace Morale
Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM)
August 12, 2015
DOL Publishes the Proposed Revisions to the White Collar Regulations and Sets a Deadline to Submit Comments
ASAP
July 7, 2015
As labor advocates hail Obama’s overtime plan, employers brace selves
The Washington Post
July 1, 2015
Overtime Proposed Rule Would Make Workers Earning Below $50,440 Eligible
Bloomberg BNA
June 30, 2015
Chambers USA Recognizes Littler and Its Attorneys
May 20, 2015
Proposed Overtime Rule Advances to OMB Review
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
May 6, 2015
Prepare for Imminent FLSA White-Collar Regulations
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
February 20, 2015
Documentation Key to Fighting ‘Job Deflation’ In Wage and Hour Lawsuits, Law Firm Says
Bloomberg BNA Human Resources Report
November 11, 2013
Misclassification litigation remains key concern for employers, says survey
HR.BLR.com
November 11, 2013
Safeguards Can Protect Against Misclassification Lawsuits
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
November 6, 2013
Misclassification litigation worries almost half of employers: Survey
Business Insurance
October 31, 2013
Survey Says Employers Worry About Audits, Lawsuits Alleging Employee Misclassification
Bloomberg BNA Daily Labor Report
October 30, 2013
Littler Survey Finds Misclassification Litigation Remains A Key Area Of Concern For Employers
October 29, 2013
Littler Survey Finds Misclassification Litigation Remains a Key Area of Concern for Employers
Citybizlist Atlanta
October 29, 2013
Littler Attorneys Named in Best Lawyers in America® 2014 Edition
August 15, 2013
The 2012 Global Employer: Highlights of Littler's Fifth Annual Global Employer Institute
Littler Report
February 21, 2013
Best Lawyers in America® Names 164 Littler Attorneys to 2013 Edition
September 7, 2012
Pharmaceutical sales reps can't receive overtime pay under FLSA
InsideCounsel
July 2012
U.S. Supreme Court Holds Pharmaceutical Sales Representatives Are Exempt Outside Sales Employees and Rebukes DOL's Efforts to Regulate Via Amicus Filings
Insight
June 20, 2012
SCOTUS: No overtime pay for sales reps; no deference for Labor
Scrip Pharmaceutical News
June 19, 2012
Justices 5-4 Reject Labor Department View, Find Pharmaceutical Sales Reps FLSA-Exempt
Bloomberg BNA Daily Labor Report
June 18, 2012
SCOTUS labours over pharma sales rep pay, backdoor rulemaking
Scrip Pharmaceutical News
April 17, 2012
Supreme Court Wrestles With Overtime Pay For Pharmaceutical Sales Reps
International Business Times
April 16, 2012
You Can't Opt-Out of the Federal Rules: Why Rule 23 Certification Standards Should Apply to Opt-In Collective Actions under the FLSA
Federal Courts Law Review
Vol. 5, No. 1, Federal Magistrate Judges Association
October 2011
Best Lawyers in America® Names 108 Littler Lawyers to 2012 Edition
September 12, 2011
Labor Department Stiffens Incentive Pay for Flex Workweek Employees
Workforce Management
April 15, 2011
Wage and Hour Class Actions in the Healthcare Industry: Diagnosis and Prevention
Littler Report
June 2, 2010
61 Littler Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America® 2010
August 14, 2009
The Emerging New Workforce: Employment and Labor Law Solutions for Contract Workers, Temporaries, and Flex-Workers
Littler Report
May 11, 2009
New Friends in the Lion's Den: Call the U.S. Labor Department Before it Calls You
HR Magazine
December 1, 2008
51 Littler Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America
October 31, 2008
Out in the Office
InsideCounsel
May 1, 2008
Total Wage and Hour Compliance: An Initiative to End the Wage and Hour Class Action War
Littler Report
April 21, 2008
Emerging Defense Might Help End Wage and Hour
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
April 11, 2008
Lee Schreter Suggests a Talk with the DOL
HR News Online
February 20, 2007
Lisa Schreter Breaks Down the Further Implications from 'Donning and Doffing' Case
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
December 5, 2005
Wage-Hour Class Actions: The Newest Assault on Pay Practices
Using Rule 23 to Define FLSA Class Actions: A Solution to the ‘Similarly Situated’ debate
A Minute A Day Equals Millions in Back Pay; The Fair Labor Standards Act: An Outdated Statute Comes of Age
The Use of Forensic Experts in Sexual Harassment Related Litigation
Wage and Hour Class Actions in the Healthcare Industry: Diagnosis and Prevention in 2010
Workplace Harassment Litigation: The Use of Forensic Experts and Discovery of Prior Sexual History under Federal Rule of Evidence 412
Work Place Privacy Issues in the Era of Electronic Communications
Conquering Mount Clemens: Blocking the Mount Clemens Burden-Shifting Framework with Preventative Measures
The Civil Rights Act of 1991; Procedural Issues; Retroactivity, and Seniority Systems
Fighting Fire with Faragher: Using a Sexual Harassment Defense to Stamp Out Wage & Hour Claims
When "On-Call" is "On-the-Clock"
New Friends in the Lion's Den: Call the U.S. Labor Department Before it Calls You
Adopting the Avoidable Consequences Affirmative Defense: Applying the Lessons of Ellerth/Faragher to FLSA Claims
Communicating With and Obtaining Declarations From Putative Class Members
Gender Identity and Expression: The New Frontier for Workplace Protection Against Discrimination
Dodge the Double Whammy: Build Your Good-Faith Defense to Wage and Hour Claims to Reduce Liability in Two Ways
Developing a 'Clock-Work' State of Mind: Avoid ‘Off-the-Clock' Work Claims by Non-Exempt Employees
Off the Clock: FLSA Compliance the Internal Audit and the Department of Labor
Books & Book Chapters
- Fair Labor Standards Act, American Bar Association
Speaking Engagements
Special Sessions: What Does the Biden Administration's "Whole-of-Government" Approach Mena for Employers and Workers?
Littler Executive Employer Conference, Phoenix, AZ
May 9, 2024
Class Action Roundtable
Littler Executive Employer Conference, Phoenix, AZ
May 8, 2024
Autopsy of a Wage and Hour Class Action
Littler Executive Employer Conference, Phoenix, AZ
May 10, 2023
Workplace 2.COVID: Trends, Traps and Regulatory Mischief
Atlanta, GA
October 6, 2021
Finally, the Final Rule on Overtime
October 4, 2019
The Thrill of Victory and the Agony of Defeat: Strategies that Work (and Don’t) When Defending and Preventing Class and Collective Actions
Littler Executive Employer, Phoenix, AZ
May 4, 2018
Understanding the DOL’s PAID Program: What it Means and How to Self-Audit for Compliance Success
Littler Executive Employer, Phoenix, AZ
May 3, 2018
Understanding the DOL's Upcoming PAID Program - What it Means and How to Self-Audit for Compliance
April 3, 2018
Understanding the DOL's Coming PAID Program — What it Means and How to Self-Audit for Compliance Success
March 21, 2018
Wage and Hour Update: Retrenching on the Federal Level and Continued Activism on the Local Level
The 2017 Executive Employer® Conference
May 11, 2017
Countdown to the New DOL Regulations
September 30, 2016
DOL Issues Final Overtime Rule - May 26
May 26, 2016
DOL Issues Final Overtime Rule - May 23
May 23, 2016
DOL Issues Final Overtime Rule - May 20
May 20, 2016
DOL Issues Final Overtime Rule - May 19
May 19, 2016
Guidance for Navigating DOL’s Proposed Changes to White Collar Regulations
Atlanta, GA
November 4, 2015
2015 Southeast Employer Conference
Atlanta, GA
August 20, 2015
Proposed Changes to the Overtime Regulations
July 1, 2015
Interns: The Next Wave of Class Action Lawsuits
New York, NY
August 6, 2013
Pre-Complaint Litigation Armoring: Building Advance Defenses to Common Wage and Hour Class Claims
February 28, 2013
President Obama's Second Term: Weathering the Compliance Storm
Atlanta, GA
February 26, 2013
Out & About: LGBT Issues and the Globally Mobile Workforce
Global Employer Institute
Littler Mendelson, Washington D.C.
November 9, 2012
Class Action Summit
October 22, 2012
Atlanta Employer Conference
Atlanta, GA
September 28, 2012
Top 10 Challenges Employers will Face in 2013
Atlanta Employer Conference
Littler Mendelson, Atlanta, GA
September 28, 2012
2011 Employment Law Conference
Atlanta, GA
September 23, 2011
Are You Complying with the Recent FLSA Tip Credit Regulation Changes?
July 14, 2011
The 2011 Littler Health Care Summit
June 8, 2011
Tips, Tip Pooling, and Tip Credits: What Service Employers Need to Know
May 2, 2011
Weathering the New Wave of Wage & Hour Claims and Class Actions
May 12, 2010
Lee Schreter Presents at Managing Wage & Hour Risks 2010
February 11, 2010
Class Action Litigation in the Long Term Care Industry: Strategy and Avoidance
December 10, 2009
Class Action Litigation in the Healthcare Industry
November 5, 2009
The MA Wage & Hour War: Dealing with Skyrocketing Liability in a Down Economy
July 22, 2009
Midwest Employers Confront the Wage & Hour War: Dealing with Skyrocketing Liability in a Down Economy
July 15, 2009
The WA Wage & Hour War: Dealing with Skyrocketing Liability in a Down Economy
June 23, 2009
Littler Mendelson's Breakfast Briefing for the Greater New York Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel
December 1, 2005
"Updates in Title VII Employment Discrimination Claims" Workshop at 2005 Lavendar Law®
October 28, 2005
Education
- J.D., Georgia State University, 1991cum laude
- M.S.I.R., Georgia State University, 1987
- B.A., Ithaca College, 1981
Courts
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Supreme Court of Georgia
- Georgia Superior Courts
- Georgia Magistrate Courts
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut