Taffi Smith Stewart

Taffi is a Shareholder, heads the LGWM Labor and Employment Practices Group and is a member of LGWM’s Executive Committee. Taffi has a wide range of litigation experience in both state and federal courts throughout Alabama and before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

Taffi has successfully represented non-profit organizations, municipal organizations, educational institutions, financial institutions, manufacturing facilities, professional employer organizations, franchise owners, general contractors, government contractors, security companies, retail entities, restaurant owners, grocers, hotel owners, and other local and national businesses against claims of race discrimination, age discrimination, gender discrimination, national origin discrimination, disability discrimination, religious discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation under the various federal and state employment statutes; claims of retaliatory discharge under Alabama’s Workers’ Compensation Act; claims for violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993; and individual claims and collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Taffi also assists businesses with internal investigations, preparation of employment policies and procedures, diversity training, employee discipline decisions and other personnel and compliance issues.

The remainder of Taffi’s practice is devoted to Professional Liability. Taffi has represented professionals in malpractice actions and professionals and businesses in actions involving allegations of fraud, personal injury, wrongful death and breach of contract.

Articles/Publications
“The Distortion of Criminal Trials Through Televised Proceedings,” 21 Ala. Law & Psychol. Rev. (1997).