Current Employment Position(s)

Partner, since 1986

Year Joined Organization: 1981

Lawyer Overview

Theresa Smith Lloyd joined Plunkett Cooney in 1981 and has been a partner since 1986. She currently serves as Plunkett Cooney’s Labor and Employment Law Practice Group Leader

Ms. Lloyd represents corporations, municipalities, non-profit organizations and individuals in all types of employment matters. Her practice includes defending charges filed against employers with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Department of Labor, and the Michigan Department of Civil Rights, as well as others.

Ms. Lloyd also defends clients in cases filed in federal and state court involving all types of discrimination, retaliation, whistleblower’s claims, employment contract issues and other employment claims. Additionally, she provides ongoing advice and counsel in the areas of hiring, firing, employee investigations and discipline.

Areas of Practice

• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Civil Rights
• Labor & Employment Law

Bar Admissions

• Michigan, 1979
• Florida, 1980
• U.S. Federal Courts, 1979

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association (Labor Law and Civil Rights Law Committees)
• Oakland County Bar Association, Employment Law Section
• Michigan Trial Lawyers Association
• Women Lawyers Association of Michigan
• State Bar of Michigan, Labor Relations Law Section
• The Florida Bar
• American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section
• American Employment Law Council
• American Law Firm Association, Employment Law Committee
• American Trial Lawyers Association
• American Board of Trial Advocates
• National Center for Dispute Settlement
• American Arbitration Association, December 28, 2006 - Present (Chairing an Arbitration, Panel Managing Procedures, Process & Dynamics)

Honors and Awards

• Martindale-Hubbell’s highest rating-AV
• 2006 & 2007 Michigan Super Lawyer in Employment & Labor, Michigan Super Lawyers, a publication of Law & Politics magazine

Classes and Seminars

• Instructor, “Legal Research and Writing”, Detroit College of Law, 1980
• National Lecturer, Wrongful Discharge, Employment Discrimination, Sexual Harassment and Employer Torts, Labor Relations Information System
• National Lecturer, Wrongful Discharge, Employment Discrimination, Sexual Harassment and Employer Torts, American Law Firm Association
• National Lecturer, Wrongful Discharge, Employment Discrimination, Sexual Harassment and Employer Torts, Michigan Municipal League
• "Eliminating Liability For Restaurant and Bar Owners/Operators in Michigan", Lorman Education Services, 2000
• "Compendium of Significant Employment-Related Case Law and Statutes", American Law Firm Association, 2006 - Present
• Instructor, Legal Research and Writing, Detroit College of Law, 1980
• “Defending Employment Practices Cases”, American Law Firm Association, Chicago, IL, 2007 - Present
• “A Decent Proposal? Taking an Employment Law Claim to Verdict”, American Law Firm Association, Tucson, AZ, 2006 - Present
• “Preventing, Minimizing and Remedying Employment Claims”, Michigan Association of CPAs, Novi, MI, 2005 - Present
• “Under Siege: Preventing, Remedying and Defeating the Employment Claims of the Global Workforce”, American Law Firm Association, New Orleans, LA, 2004 - Present

Pro Bono Activities

• Michigan Arthritis Foundation Board of Trustees, Chairman

Past Employment Positions

• Judge William R. Beasley, Michigan Court of Appeals, Law Clerk, 1980
• Wayne County Circuit Court Mediator
• American Arbitration Association, Neutral Arbitrator, Commercial and Employment Matters

Education

• Detroit College of Law, Detroit, Michigan, 1979
  J.D.
  Honors: cum laude
  Honors: Member, National Moot Court Team, 1977
• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1973
  B.A.

Published Works

• “The Trend in Harassment Cases: Hostile Work Environment Based on Age and Handicap is Actionable Under Federal and State Law”, Defense Research Institute Newsletter, December, 1998
• Recommendations for Minimizing and/or Avoiding Workplace Violence
• “Michigan Employment Law,” Co-editor, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Co., 1992
• “Uniform Commercial Code Form Book” Co-editor, 1978

Address

38505 Woodward Ave.
Suite 2000
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304

Phones

(248) 901-4005

Faxes

(248) 901-4040

Emails

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Websites

http://www.plunkettcooney.com/