Liesel B. Stevens is a member of the firm’s Employment and Labor Law Section. Her employment practice focuses on defending employers in litigation matters and advising employers on various state and federal employment laws. She has experience in a wide variety of employment law areas including the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Title VII, and the Family and Medical Leave Act. She has spoken at seminars and provided training to clients on various employment laws including the Fair Labor Standards Act, Title VII, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. In addition, Ms. Stevens has extensive experience with conducting independent investigations in response to employee complaints.

Ms. Stevens also represents clients in a broad variety of commercial and business litigation matters, including commercial contract, unfair competition, trade secrets, and other complex commercial claims. She has handled cases in all phases of litigation, including discovery, mediation, arbitration and trial. Ms. Stevens’ clients include companies in Utah and throughout the country.

Ms. Stevens currently serves as the Chair of Ray Quinney & Nebeker’s Associates Committee and is a member of the firm’s Recruiting Committee. She chaired the firm’s Women Lawyers Group for the years 2010-2014. Ms. Stevens has been selected for inclusion in Mountain States Super Lawyers (2018) in the category of Employment and Labor and has been voted by her peers throughout the state as one of Utah’s “Legal Elite,” as published in Utah Business Magazine (2012-2014, 2017).

RECENT HIGHLIGHTS

• Won appeal before the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, which affirmed dismissal of employee’s wrongful termination claims
• Obtained jury verdict in federal court on behalf of defendant employer on ADEA and FMLA claims
• Won petition for certiorari and successfully argued appeal before the Utah Supreme Court, which reinstated the trial court’s order of summary judgment in favor of employer in employment contract case
• Won appeal before the Utah Court of Appeals, which affirmed summary judgment in favor of employer in wrongful termination case
• Won motion to dismiss complaint alleging failure to provide public accommodation under the ADA
• Prevailed on motion for summary judgment of FLSA claims and defeated plaintiffs’ motion for conditional certification of FLSA collective action in Utah federal court