Sarah Lis has extensive employment litigation experience and routinely defends employers across the country in connection with collective and class actions arising under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and related state wage and hour laws. She also regularly advises companies on compliance with the FLSA and state wage and hour laws, including with respect to employee exemption status, worker classification issues and compensation, and timekeeping issues. Sarah is known for learning her clients' businesses, systems, policies, and procedures inside and out and, as a result, she is able to anticipate legal risks for her clients and help implement practical solutions to reduce their risk.

In addition to her wage and hour work, Sarah's practice also includes representation of employers in connection with claims of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and related state laws; claims brought under the Family Medical Leave Act and the Americans with Disability Act; claims brought under the Equal Pay Act; and claims related to restrictive covenants. Sarah has represented employers before federal and state courts across the country as well as various administrative agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Florida Commission on Human Relations, and the Department of Labor.

Sarah also frequently counsels and advises employers on a wide range of workplace issues, including wage and hour compliance and remediation, employment policies and procedures, restrictive covenants, reductions in force, issues relating to hiring and terminating employees, drug and alcohol testing, internal investigations, accommodation requests, and leaves of absence. She works with employers of all sizes and in numerous industries, including a provider of outsourced customer experience management services with over 400,000 employees worldwide as well as the largest distributor of air conditioning, heating, and refrigeration equipment, parts, and supplies in the United States and its numerous subsidiaries.