Loren B. Donnell
Loren B. Donnell
Of Counsel
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For 17 years, Loren B. Donnell, has exclusively represented workers in class and collective actions seeking to recover hard earned, but unpaid, wages. She has represented restaurant workers, telecommunication and cable installers, cable line locators, retail employees, loan officers, emergency restoration workers, call center workers, and many others seeking to get paid their fair and due wages. Loren was among counsel representing over 67,000 female retail employees seeking damages due to unequal wages when compared to their male counterparts under the Equal Pay Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which resulted in a settlement of approximately $175 million dollars and significant changes to the companies practices. Prior to joining SLG, Loren was a partner at Burr & Smith, LLP.
Loren believes in impact litigation. When we help ourselves recover unpaid wages or speak up to discriminatory practices at work, we help others who are similarly affected by the unlawful practices and can make important sweeping changes across the country or across industries. Loren enjoys working together with her clients to make changes that affect, not only their lives, but that of many others.
“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” Franklin D. Roosevelt.
A lifelong learner, Loren frequently writes and speaks on wage and hour topics. She is a regular presenter at American Bar Association conferences; is a Senior Editor to Wage and Hour Laws (Gregory K. McGillivary, ed.); and is past-President to the Florida Chapter of the National Employment Lawyers Association. She is also training for a half-marathon, learning guitar, and teaching her two children to be kind and thoughtful humans. She is looking forward to spending the next four years with her high school age son to volunteer and serve the community through Young Men’s Service League which supports Special Olympics, Habitat for Humanity, Meals on Wheels, Wreaths Across America, Miracle League, The Salvation Army, Ronald McDonald House, among others.
Unpaid Wages and Overtime
Discrimination
Civil Rights
Class and Collective Actions
Stetson College of Law
J.D., cum laude
Member of Stetson Law Review
Teaching Assistant for Legal Research and Writing I & II
University of Florida
B.S., Decision Information and Sciences, with honors
Bar Admissions
Florida Bar, 2005
Court Admissions
Eleventh Circuit
Middle District of Florida
Southern District of Florida
Northern District of Florida
Southern District of Alabama
Second Circuit
Southern District of New York
District of Massachusetts
District of Maryland
Eastern District of North Carolina
Florida Chapter of the National Employment Lawyers Association
(President 2011-2012, Exec. Board Member 2008-2022)
National Employment Lawyers Association, Annual Convention Committee & Member
American Bar Association Labor & Employment Law Section, Member
Florida & Hillsborough Association of Women Lawyers, Member
Loren is among counsel in a gender discrimination class action on behalf of approximately 67,000 women that settled for more than $175 million and significant changes in the company’s employment practices.
Roberts et. v. TJX Companies, Inc., No. 1:13-CV-13142 (D. Mass.). Among counsel for plaintiffs who defeated employers’ summary judgment motions and obtained conditional certification of collective action for merchandise assistant store managers at Marshalls and HomeGoods stores nationwide, excluding California. Settled for $31,500,000.
Griffith et al. v. Landry’s, Inc., No. 8:14-cv-03213 (M.D. Fla.). Among class counsel in certified class action for unpaid minimum wages under the Florida Constitution for tipped employees at eleven Chart House and Landry’s Seafood House restaurants in Florida. Settled for over $3,000,000 in compensation and other benefits.
Boyd et al. v. SFS Communications, LLC, No.: 15-cv-03068-PJM (D. Md.). Among class counsel for certified class and collective action claiming unpaid minimum wage, unpaid overtime compensation, and improper unauthorized deductions by joint employers in telecommunication industry and obtaining judgment for approximately $2,000,000 for class and approximately $2,000,000 in attorneys’ fees and costs.
Freixa et al. v. Prestige Cruise Services, LCC, No. 16-13745-EE (11th Cir.). Among appellate counsel in successful remand of district court summary judgment ruling in three consolidated cases, including a collective action, for sales representatives correcting analysis under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 207(i).
Senior Editor, Wage and Hour Laws, G. McGillivary, Florida Chapter, 3rd and 4th eds. (Bloomberg)
Senior Editor, Wage and Hour Laws Cumulative Supplements (2007-2022)
American Bar Association, Labor & Employment Section Annual Conference, What Y’All Should Know About the Rule 23 Amendments, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 6-9, 2019
Florida Chapter of National Employment Lawyers Association Annual Conference, FLSA Update, Bonita Springs, Florida, September 21, 2019
American Bar Association, Labor & Employment, Fair Labor Standards Litigation Committee Midwinter Meeting, State Wage & Hour Law: Where the Action Is, Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Feb. 22, 2019
National Employment Lawyers Association, Technology for the Plaintiffs’ Employment Lawyers, co-chair, Vienna, Virginia, April 13, 2018
Florida Chapter of National Employment Lawyers Association Annual Conference, Hot Topics in the FLSA, Clearwater, Florida, September 1, 2017
American Bar Association, Labor & Employment Section Annual Conference, Tipping Point: Should the Law on Tipping Stay Or Go?, Chicago, Illinois, November 9, 2016
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