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Ms. Piper advises employers and schools on all types of employment and school issues and regularly represents them in litigation. She is often consulted by employers on day-to-day employment issues and in developing employment policies and procedures. Ms. Piper also has successfully defended numerous discrimination and wrongful discharge cases at the administrative, trial and appellate levels. She has particular expertise representing employers, parishes, schools and social service agencies, having tried numerous cases on behalf of the Archdiocese of Detroit and Catholic Social Services.
Ms. Piper is a frequent speaker to professional groups, including the National Catholic Education Association, the Human Resources Association of Greater Detroit, Michigan Federation for Children and Families, the Michigan Catholic Guidance Counselors Associations, the National Association of Church Administration, the Ann Arbor High Tech Personnel Association, the Washtenaw Contractors Association, the Archdiocese of Detroit, and Catholic Social Services on employment topics ranging from hiring and selection to discipline and discharge, performance evaluations, reductions-in-force, sexual harassment, accommodating disabled employees, wage and hour issues, employee privacy, and many others. She is also an adjunct assistant professor at Madonna University where she teaches a graduate course on legal issues in education for the Catholic School Leadership Program.
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