Kevin P. Kopp, born Asheville, North Carolina; admitted to bar, 1998, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2000, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 2003, North Carolina and U.S. District Courts, Western and Middle Districts of North Carolina; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Education: Appalachian State University (B.S., 1994); Seton Hall University (J.D., 1998). Member, Seton Hall Constitutional Law Journal, 1996-1998. Author: "Electronic Communications in the Workplace: E-mail Monitoring and the Right of Privacy," Vol. 8, No. 3 Seton-Hall Constitutional Law Journal 861, 1998.
Member: North Carolina (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) and American (Member, Labor and Employment Section) Bar Associations; 28th Judicial District Bar; North Carolina, New York, and New Jersey State Bars; Western North Carolina Human Resources Association;
North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys.
Areas of Practice: Labor and Employment Law; Employment Litigation. Experience includes:
- Providing advice and counsel to employers in all aspects of labor and employment relations, including compliance with the myriad of laws affecting the workplace
- Assisting employers in drafting and implementing personnel policies and procedures
- Representing employers against all types of employee complaints and lawsuits in state and federal courts, and before administrative agencies
- Several years of practice in New York City representing employers in an array of industries, including a number of Fortune 500 companies
- Employment Practices Liability (EPL) defense
Representative Clients:
- Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
- The Biltmore Company
- Blue Ridge Paper Products, Inc.
- Buncombe County Board of Education
- CarePartners
- Carolina Day School
- Christ School
- Manual Woodworkers & Weavers, Inc.
- NEO Corporation
- Q-Matic Corporation
- Warren Wilson College
Community Service:
- Smart Start of Buncombe County - Board of Directors
(Chair, Personnel Committee)
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