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Provided by Scott D. Huffstetler
Scott Huffstetler delivers a personalized and highly strategic approach to helping employers navigate the opportunities and challenges of managing their workforce today. He is committed to realizing each employer's unique human resource objectives that also reflects the organization’s overarching commercial imperatives. An intuitive, smart, and accessible strategic employment law counselor and formidable litigator, Scott delivers powerful advocacy and practical day-to-day legal solutions to employers across Louisiana, Texas, and beyond.
Scott advises, represents, and defends employers faced with the full range of labor and employment law matters. His experience is broad and deep and includes the resolution of acrimony and litigation claims involving discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. He also defends business owners in public accommodation claims in state and federal courts across the country.
Scott advocates for employers across a wide variety of administrative proceedings. This includes representation before the Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Louisiana Commission on Human Rights, Texas Commission on Human Rights, National Labor Relations Board, and Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Scott also assists employers with investigations, having experience acting as an advisor in the background or as a lead investigator. Scott also utilizes his experience with OSHA to support the firm’s incident response, having been “boots on the ground” in the aftermath of major industrial accidents.
Scott guides employers through traditional labor arbitration and litigation and advises on issues involving the ADA, FLSA, FMLA, NLRA, OSHA, Title VII, and state employment laws pertaining to employment discrimination, wage payment, worker’s compensation, and unemployment compensation. He also negotiates and documents employment contracts, covenants not to compete and other restrictive covenants, and confidentiality agreements, as well as provides corporate training programs on discrimination, traditional labor matters, and diversity and inclusion.
Scott has proven his ability to identify and resolve employer pressure points and disputes in both favorable and adverse economic settings alike. He continues to earn his stellar reputation for being a fierce litigator in court and before government and civil rights agencies and other forums. His approach to problem-solving is decidedly customized, actionable, and grounded in the ability to listen to client needs and concerns. Scott remains considerate of even the most specific employer requirements and sensitive to the human element of the employer/employee relationship.
Scott is a Board Certified Employment Law Specialist, certified by the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization.
Prior to joining Kean Miller, Scott served as a Law Clerk to United States District Court Judge Frank J. Polozola of the Middle District of Louisiana.
• Member, Baton Rouge Bar Association
• Member, Louisiana State Bar Association
• Member, Federal Bar Association (Baton Rouge Chapter; Treasurer, 2009-2019; Secretary, 2008-2009; Chairman, Young Lawyers Division, 2006-2008)
• Board Member, Louisiana Association of Non-Profit Organizations, 2015-2020
• Member, Greater Baton Rouge Society for Human Resource Management
• Member, Society for Human Resource Management
• Member, Defense Research Institute
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