ABOUT ATTORNEY SHERIFAT ``SHERI`` OLUYEMI
Sherifat “Sheri” Oluyemi
Founding Attorney
SHERIFAT “SHERI” OLUYEMI, ESQ
Labor and Employment Attorney
Sherifat “Sheri” is the Owner and Founder of LOSO, LLC. She knows that employers are focused on retaining exceptional talent without compromising business profitability while professionals simply desire a safe, equitable, and prosperous workplace. Sheri assists employers and professionals in this delicate balance to solve problems arising within the full gambit of the labor and employment law realm.
Over the past ten years, Sheri has gained experience and education representing employers and professionals in all manner of workplace-related disputes. For instance, she has assisted management of various industries in drafting and implementing human resource policies, employment contracts, and non-compete/non-solicitation agreements, also known as, restrictive covenants. She has assisted public and private employees with whistleblower claims, unpaid wage claims, discrimination and harassment, among other complex legal issues. Sheri has represented clients in federal and state litigation, in formal and informal mediation and before federal government agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Merit System Protection Board (MSPB).
Though Sheri has enjoyed traveling the world and living in Addis Ababa, Belgrade, Lagos, Abuja, Ottawa, and Toronto, she also loves being at her Atlanta home with her collection of unique cacti, her dear husband and two bubbly baby girls.
BAR ADMISSIONS
United States
- Georgia
- New York
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
- United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Canada
- Ontario
- Court of Appeal of Ontario
EDUCATION
- Juris Doctor (“JD”), Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
- Bachelor’s of Arts (Honours) (“B.A.(H)”) in Communications with a minor in International Relations and Global Politics, University of Ottawa, magna cum laude
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
- American Bar Association
- State Bar of Georgia
- Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys (GABWA)
- New York State Bar Association
- Canadian Bar Association
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Smyrna Business Association – Member
- Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation – Volunteer
- Atlanta Victims Assistance, Inc. – Board Member
- Jubilee Christian Church International – Volunteer
REPRESENTATIVE CASES
- Defeated executive-level employee’s complaint for unpaid bonus and accrued but unused paid time off brought against a medium-sized Atlanta tech firm in arbitration.
- Recovered hundreds of thousands dollars in damages for employer whose employee lied on job application thus perpetrating a fraud on the corporation.
- Obtained Equal Employment Opportunity Commission “no cause” finding of pregnancy discrimination alleged against supply chain company client in a Northwestern US jurisdiction.
- Negotiated quick and beneficial settlements for wage and hour claims against restaurants and other service industry companies.
- Obtained Equal Employment Opportunity Commission“cause” finding of racial discrimination for employee client against an international corporation represented by “Big Law”.
- Conducted comprehensive wage and hour audit for marketing agency and other service industries to withstand judicial scrutiny.
- Won reinstatement and hundreds of thousands of dollars in back pay, compensatory damages and attorney’s fees after 2 years of illegal termination of federal employee client’s employment.
Sheri’s goal is to facilitate the value you want to create for your audience. Frequently requested topics include:
- How to avoid misclassifying an employee as an independent contractor?
- How to avoid misclassifying an employee as FLSA exempt?
- How to navigate all things covid-19 in the workplace?
- When and how should employees be reasonably accommodated under the ADA?
READ SHERI’S BIO
For the past eleven years, Sheri Oluyemi has been studying, learning, practicing and delivering reliable legal advice to clients in the US and Canada regarding labor and employment issues of various complexities … read more.
SHERI, IN THE MEDIA
Can employers legally require employees to take the covid-19 vaccine?
Are all of an employee’s teleworking hours compensable?
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