Scott Kelly

Practice Groups: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Compliance, Employment Law, Governmental Affairs, Government Contracting and Compliance, Higher Education, Pay Equity, Workforce Analytics and Compliance

Industry Groups: Healthcare, Manufacturing

Scott Kelly is a nationally recognized leader in equal employment opportunity law, pay equity, and legally compliant diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, regularly advising and counseling employers on matters including employment discrimination, compliance programs, government contracting, affirmative action obligations, and workplace-related crises. His practice focuses on proactively advising clients in C-suite, senior leader, managerial, talent acquisition, and compensation executive roles in the financial services, media and entertainment, healthcare, higher education, retail, manufacturing, and technology industries—in addition to federal contractors and federal grant recipients.

He advises and counsels employers on the full spectrum of workplace related matters. Scott also provides advice regarding the proper validation of employment selection procedures to ensure compliance with Title VII and other applicable employment laws. Drawing on years of strategic litigation, Scott has represented employers in connection with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) systemic pattern or practice investigations, as well as litigation involving challenges to hiring, compensation, promotion and other practices alleged to cause class-wide disparate impact or disparate treatment discrimination. He is skilled in evaluating damages assessments that impact systemic enforcement actions, litigation defense, and settlement options.

Scott leads the firm’s workforce analytics and compliance team of more than 30 multidisciplinary attorneys and analytics professionals. Combining expertise in employment law and data analytics, Scott advises organizations on policies affecting all stages of the employment life cycle, including:

sourcing and recruitment,

selection,

career advancement and promotions, and

retention.