What Employers Need to Know Today About Managing "Superstars" and C-Suite Problems

Marlo Johnson Roebuck

Marlo Johnson Roebuck is a principal in the Detroit, Michigan, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. and a member of our Corporate Diversity Counseling group. She represents employers on the myriad of laws governing the workplace, including but not limited to Title VII, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

With over 20 years of legal experience behind her, Marlo is an experienced litigator and employment law adviser to employers of all sizes. She has successfully represented employers in the retail, health care, financial, professional services, automotive, real estate, higher education, manufacturing, and life science industries from internal investigations through trial and appeal. She has attained summary judgment and no cause verdicts at trial and arbitration on behalf of clients and procured reasonable settlements in mediation. Marlo has also gained a view from the inside by working on-site at a large, multi-state employer reviewing all termination recommendations. Her extensive workplace law practice also includes a focus on diversity counseling. She was part of the Jackson Lewis teams that performed diversity audits and programmatic assessments for the USDA and a Fortune 100 automotive supplier. When Marlo is not in the courtroom or advising on workplace law issues, she trains senior leadership and human resource professionals on maintaining compliance with Equal Employment Opportunity policies and is a frequently sought-after contributor, speaker, and author on preventing unlawful harassment, making religious accommodations, handling tricky terminations, employment law remedies, and best practices in diversity, inclusivity and hiring in the workplace. She is the co-leader of the firm’s African American Attorney resource group.

Michelle J. LeBeau

Michelle J. LeBeau is of counsel in the Detroit, Michigan, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. Her practice focuses on representing employers in complex workplace litigation, class actions, sensitive and C-suite investigations as well as in designing and implementing compliance-related strategic initiatives for corporate clients.

Michelle is a forward-thinking, strategic litigator with over twenty-five years of problem-solving capability gained by time spent both in-house and with leading international law firms. She brings sophisticated experience in all aspects of compliance, employment law and human resources restructuring to bear for the benefit of the firm’s clients. The experience she has garnered over the course of her career have allowed Michelle to develop a unique blend of sophisticated legal knowledge, experience with corporate strategy and business minded acumen which she brings to bear across the following areas of practice:

1. Litigation

2. Class Actions

3. Compliance Programs, Reorganizations, Restructures and RIFs

4. Training