Regina A. Young is an attorney and shareholder with Rogers, Towers, Bailey, Jones & Gay, a large law firm located in Jacksonville, Florida. She is an AV peer rated lawyer, the highest ranking bestowed by Martindale Hubbell, one of the oldest and most respected lawyer cataloguing organizations worldwide. Ms. Young has focused on Employment and Labor Law since her admittance to the Florida Bar in 1989, after having received a J.D. from the University Of Cincinnati College Of Law the same year. She previously completed her undergraduate studies at Ohio State University in 1986 with a B.A.
As a specialist in temporary labor and employer defense, her skills and expertise are much in demand as the business and employment outlooks grow bleaker and labor challenges grow with the downturn of the economy. Much of her professional life is directed as an advisor for businesses regarding labor issues, imbroglios and disputes before it needs to be settled in litigation. But if it comes to it, she is up to the task having argued in defense of employers before federal and state courts and many administrative boards and agencies including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, The National Labor Relations Board, Occupational and Safety and Health Administration, The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs and the National Labor Relations Board. And that is no small task as these huge federal bureaucracies are branches of the Department of Labor and are endowed with capital, legal resources, zealous crusaders and career labor law officials.
An example of her reasoning was exhibited when commenting on a workplace discrimination situation where the plaintiff argued a "hostile environment" existed because he claimed that he was subject to derision and pejorative jokes due to his regional accent; Ms. Young explained, "To date, it is not unlawful for an employer to discriminate on the basis of an employee or applicant's regional accent. In order for one to have a claim for discrimination or harassment, one has to be in a 'protected class.' One's American roots, in terms of region, are not protected. . . . Conceivably, an employer could legally ridicule and harass an employee all day long if such harassment is based on one's Southern roots, Midwestern roots, Texan roots, etc. Such harassment is not good management, obviously, and could lead an employee to pursue some type of legal recourse. Even though the employee's chances of prevailing on a hostile-work-environment claim based on his American/regional roots would be almost nonexistent, many plaintiffs' lawyers would find something else to pursue."
Ms. Young is active in her community including the Vice Presidency of Hubbard House, an organization that offers housing, counseling, job training and outreach to women who are victims of domestic violence. She is also a member and instructor at the Northeast Florida Safety Council, a public service organization focusing on promotion of good health, and maintaining a safe environment through education and public awareness programs. A large part of their budget is directed towards awareness, and prevention of drunken driving. Other non- profit community organizations she holds membership with are The Society for Human Resource Management and the Catholic Lawyers Guild.
Regina A. Young is an attorney and shareholder with Rogers, Towers, Bailey, Jones & Gay, a large law firm located in Jacksonville, Florida. She is an AV peer rated lawyer, the highest ranking bestowed by Martindale Hubbell, one of the oldest and most respected lawyer cataloguing organizations worldwide. Ms. Young has focused on Employment and Labor Law since her admittance to the Florida Bar in 1989, after having received a J.D. from the University Of Cincinnati College Of Law the same year. She previously completed her undergraduate studies at Ohio State University in 1986 with a B.A. As a specialist in temporary labor and employer defense, her skills and expertise are much in demand as the business and employment outlooks grow bleaker and labor challenges grow with the downturn of the economy. Much of her professional life is directed as an advisor for businesses regarding labor issues, imbroglios and disputes before it needs to be settled in litigation. But if it comes to it, she is up to the task having argued in defense of employers before federal and state courts and many administrative boards and agencies including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, The National Labor Relations Board, Occupational and Safety and Health Administration, The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs and the National Labor Relations Board. And that is no small task as these huge federal bureaucracies are branches of the Department of Labor and are endowed with capital, legal resources, zealous crusaders and career labor law officials. An example of her reasoning was exhibited when commenting on a workplace discrimination situation where the plaintiff argued a "hostile environment" existed because he claimed that he was subject to derision and pejorative jokes due to his regional accent; Ms. Young explained, "To date, it is not unlawful for an employer to discriminate on the basis of an employee or applicant's regional accent. In order for one to have a claim for discrimination or harassment, one has to be in a 'protected class.' One's American roots, in terms of region, are not protected. . . . Conceivably, an employer could legally ridicule and harass an employee all day long if such harassment is based on one's Southern roots, Midwestern roots, Texan roots, etc. Such harassment is not good management, obviously, and could lead an employee to pursue some type of legal recourse. Even though the employee's chances of prevailing on a hostile-work-environment claim based on his American/regional roots would be almost nonexistent, many plaintiffs' lawyers would find something else to pursue." Ms. Young is active in her community including the Vice Presidency of Hubbard House, an organization that offers housing, counseling, job training and outreach to women who are victims of domestic violence. She is also a member and instructor at the Northeast Florida Safety Council, a public service organization focusing on promotion of good health, and maintaining a safe environment through education and public awareness programs. A large part of their budget is directed towards awareness, and prevention of drunken driving. Other non- profit community organizations she holds membership with are The Society for Human Resource Management and the Catholic Lawyers Guild.