Janell M. Ahnert

Practice Areas

Litigation and Trials; Financial Services; Arbitration

Career

Janell M. Ahnert's practice encompasses all facets of employment law, specifically in the representation of management in both employment counseling and employment litigation. She has experience with issues involving wage and hour claims; discrimination and harassment; and retaliation.

With licenses held in four states, Ahnert is able to serve her clients' needs in various legal forums. She handles a variety of employment law matters in state and federal courts and has broad experience defending employers accused of discrimination and harassment in federal court, including a first-chair jury trial experience. She has also successfully defended management in many wage and hour cases under the Fair Labor Standard Act and obtained summary judgments on behalf of her clients.

In addition to federal court practice, Ahnert has experience defending financial services clients in employment matters pending before FINRA. In this area, she represents broker-dealers and banks in FINRA arbitrations filed by employees across the country.

As well as being a top-notch advocate, Ahnert is a respected mediator. She is known for being able to combine empathetic listening with realistic cases and evaluate damages based on her extensive federal court litigation experience.

Janell is committed to pro bono efforts and dedicates her time to assisting economically disadvantaged individuals by serving in several nonprofits in the Birmingham area.

Professional Memberships

Alabama Center for Dispute Resolution Mediator Roster; Alabama State Bar Association - Labor and Employment Section; American Bar Association - Labor and Employment Section; Birmingham Bar Association - ADR Section; Women Lawyers Section; Northern District of Alabama Panel of Neutrals

Personal

J.D., University of Virginia School of Law; B.A., University of South Alabama, cum laude