Overview
Sharon Reyes is Of Counsel in the firm’s Norfolk office and a member of the Labor & Employment practice group. She provides advice and counseling to her employer clients on matters related to hiring and firing, discipline and discharge, drafting employment agreements, and drafting and implementing personnel policies. She also regularly defends employers before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and in federal and state court litigation.
Representative Matters
Experience defending employers in litigation involving alleged discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, and retaliation
Experience defending employers before federal and state agencies including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Department of Labor, and the Virginia Employment Commission
Provides training and advice to employers on conducting effective investigations, compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, wage and hour issues under the Fair Labor Standards Act, rights of military servicemembers under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, compliance with the Family and Medical Leave Act, and compliance with state-specific laws including paid sick leave
Drafts and reviews employment contracts, policies, and handbooks
Recognition & Honors
Honors & Recognitions
Labor and Employment Law - Management; Best Lawyers in America: "Ones to Watch," 2022-2026
Top Lawyers; CoVaBIZ, 2020-2025
Virginia’s Legal Elite; Virginia Business Magazine, 2019-2025
Virginia Rising Stars; Employment & Labor, 2017-2024
Law Clerk to the Honorable Lawrence R. Leonard; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, 2014-2015
Judicial Intern to the Honorable Chief Judge Glen A. Huff, Court of Appeals of Virginia, 2012-2014
Managing Editor, Law Review, 2013-2014
Press & Publications
News
Speaking Engagements
Community & Professional
Associations
I’Anson-Hoffman American Inn of Court
Federal Bar Association, Hampton Roads Chapter
Virginia Bar Association
Virginia Beach Symphonicity; Board of Directors, 2017-present
Rainbow Animal Rescue; Board of Directors, 2017-present
Credentials
Education
Taylor University; B.A., 2011
Regent University School of Law; J.D., cum laude, 2014
Court Admissions
Virginia State Courts
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
