Lilias M. Gordon

Overview

Lilias Gordon is Of Counsel within the firm’s Labor & Employment and Litigation Practice groups. Lilias brings to the firm her experience researching and drafting policies to help businesses with employment laws, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Lilias joined the firm in May of 2021 after starting her practice at the law firm of Woods Rogers in Roanoke, Virginia. She graduated from the University of Richmond School of Law, cum laude, where she was an editor for the Journal of Law and Technology and on the Moot Court Executive Board. Lilias received her undergraduate degree in Political Science from Wake Forest University where she had the opportunity to volunteer as a Guardian ad Litem Advocate and play Division I soccer.

Publications & Speeches

Speaking Engagements

• IPMA-Va Spring Conference | 2021 Legal Updates | March 23, 2021
• Tennessee Credit Union League | COVID-19 in 2021: Legal Updates | January 21, 2021
• Kentucky Credit Union League | Q&A: COVID-19 in 2021 | January 14, 2021
• Charlottesville SHRM | Airtight Writing: Protect Your Workplace and Your Employees with Better Job Descriptions | November 10, 2020
• Virginia Credit Union League | Virginia’s Updated Workplace Standards & EFMLA | August 5, 2020
• Virginia Tech Roanoke Center | Airtight Writing: Protect Your Workplace and Your Employees with Better Job Descriptions | August 12, 2020
• Virginia Tech Roanoke Center | Emergency Leave and FLSA: Post COVID-19 and Beyond |July 29, 2020

Articles

• Public Sector Unions Are Coming to a Town Near You | February 9, 2021
• Virginia’s COVID-19 Emergency Standards Are Now Permanent | February 1, 2021
• Can Employers Require Employees to be Vaccinated Against COVID-19? (Coronavirus and the Law) | December 14, 2020
• Collective Bargaining for Public Employees Arrives in the Commonwealth—Virginia HB 582 | September 16, 2020
• DOL Revises FFCRA Regulations – Here we go again! (Coronavirus and the Law) | September 14, 2020
• Judge Strikes Down Some DOL Employee Leave Regulations Under FFCRA (Coronavirus and the Law) | August 24, 2020
• Business Interruption Insurance and COVID-19 (Coronavirus and the Law) | May 26, 2020
• Unemployment Qualifications and Benefits Under the CARES Act (Coronavirus and the Law) | April 15, 2020

Published Article

• A Shot at Immunity: Can Employers Mandate COVID-19 Vaccinations, Opening Statement, Winter 2020-2021

News

Professional

• Member, Richmond Bar Association