Jeremy D. Capps - Roanoke, VA

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Nebraska College of Law, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1995
    J.D.
    Honors: With Distinction

• Non Legal Education

  • Michigan State University, 1992
    B.A.

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Classes and Seminars

• Hit Me with Your Best Shot: Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccinations – Employer Considerations, VRSA, January 2021
  
• Virginia Association of Community Services Boards, Inc., #metoo – The Impact on Sexual Harassment Law under Title VII, Retaliation – A Not So Hidden Danger, August 2019
  
• Local Government Grievance Procedure and Process, Virginia Municipal League Insurance Programs, Webinar, February 2019
  
• From Hugs and Kisses to Other Workplace Conduct: Understanding Sexual Harassment in 2018, Virginia Juvenile Detention Association, Charlottesville, VA, March 2018
  
• Overtime? Who authorized that? Local Government Attorneys of Virginia, Fall 2016 Conference, Williamsburg, VA, October 2016
  
• OSHA’s New Reporting and Drug Testing Regulations, Scott Insurance Regional Seminar, Richmond, VA, October 2016
  
• Employment Trends, Virginia Juvenile Detention Association, Blacksburg, VA, September 2015
  
• Employment Practices for not for profit organizations, Not for Profit Seminar, Richmond, VA, February 2014
  
• Employment Practices Liability and EEOC Claims, Trends in Social Services Sector, Berkley Mid-Atlantic Group, Charlottesville, VA, October 2013
  
• Fair Labor Standards Act, Virginia Juvenile Detention Association, Wintergreen, VA, September 2011

Representative Cases

• Mais v. Albemarle Cnty. Sch. Bd., 657 F. Supp. 3d 813 (W.D. Va. 2023)
• Starbuck v. Williamsburg James City Cnty. Sch. Bd., 28 F.4th 529 (4th Cir. 2022)
• Grimm v. Gloucester Cnty. Sch. Bd., 972 F.3d 586 (4th Cir. 2020)
• Turner v. Thomas, 930 F.3d 640 (4th Cir. 2019), cert. denied, 140 S.Ct. 905 (2020)
• Massenburg v. City of Petersburg, 836 S.E.2d 391 (Va. 2019)
• Adams v. Ferguson, 884 F.3d 219 (4th Cir. 2018)
• Corbett v. Richmond Metro. Transportation Auth., 203 F.Supp. 3d 699 (E.D. Va. 2016)
• Altamira-Rojas v. City of Richmond, 184 F.Supp. 3d 290, 291 (E.D. Va. 2016)
• Pleasants v. Rigsby, 603 F. App’x 126 (4th Cir. 2015)
• Rollins v. Kjellstrom & Lee, Inc., 109 F. Supp. 3d 869 (E.D. Va. 2015)
• Cox v. MAG Mut. Ins. Co., 2015 WL 1640513 (E.D. Va. 2015)
• Minor v. Tyson Foods, Inc., 60 F.Supp.3d 684 (W.D. Va. 2014)
• Cox v. MAG Mut. Ins. Co., 88 Va. Cir. 216 (City of Richmond 2014)
• Copenny v. City of Hopewell, 7 F.Supp.3d 635 (E.D. Va. 2014)
• Woodson v. City of Richmond, Va., 2 F.Supp.3d 804, 807 (E.D.Va. 2014)
• Silverman v. Town of Blackstone, Va., 843 F.Supp.2d 628 (E.D. Va. 2012)
• Amr v. Virginia State University, et al, 2011 WL 4404030 (E.D.Va. 2011)
• Ware v. James City County, 652 F.Supp.2d 693 (E.D. Va. 2009)
• Isbell v. Commercial Invest. Assocs., 273 Va. 605, 644 S.E.2d 72 (2007)
• Conley v. Town of Elkton, 381 F.Supp.2d 514 (W.D. Va., 2005)
• Washington v. Buraker, 322 F.Supp.2d 702 (W.D. Va. 2004)

Bar Admissions

• Michigan, 1995
• Virginia, 1999
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia
• U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of Virginia

Other Affiliations

• Virginia Bar Association
• Richmond Bar Association
• Henrico County Bar Association
• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, Employment & Business Law Section, Chair (2008)
• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, Employment & Business Law Section, Vice-Chair (2007)
• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, Local Government Section, Chair (2007)
• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, Local Government Section, Vice-Chair (2006)
• Defense Research Institute
• Local Government Attorneys Association