Stephanie J. Quincy

Partner

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• Phoenix Office

Stephanie J. Quincy is a partner in the Phoenix office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, where she is a member of the Litigation Department.

Employment Litigation and Counseling
Ms. Quincy maintains a regular case load of employment litigation matters. She is responsible for all discovery (party depositions, witness depositions, written discovery and informal discovery) and trial. Cases include civil rights (race, age, religion, gender and disability), wrongful termination, sexual harassment, defamation, interference with contract, assault and battery, and breach of contract claims including restrictive covenants.

Ms. Quincy has extensive experience in trial and arbitration in employment litigation matters including jury trial experience in multi-plaintiff employment litigation. She has extensive experience with selection, retention, and testimony of experts including psychologists, psychiatrists, neuropsychologist, neurologists, economists, statisticians, vocational specialists and jury consultants. Ms. Quincy has also handled a number of class action lawsuits.

Ms. Quincy is experienced in consulting management personnel at large, medium, and small companies on employment issues such as benefits, hiring, discipline, termination, and investigation of complaints. She has also conducted investigations in situations involving high-level management. She conducts training sessions for managers and employees regarding such topics as Title VII, coaching employees, the Fair Labor Standards Act, diversity, harassment and discrimination, and the Family and Medical Leave Act.

Ms. Quincy represents employers before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Department of Labor, State Civil Rights Divisions, the Department of Labor, Department of Economic Security, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance and other state and federal agencies, as well as, state and federal courts in administrative matters including discrimination and harassment charges and wage and hour complaints.

Sexual Harassment and Discrimination
Ms. Quincy has handled several sexual harassment claims and has defended a number of class action lawsuits brought against employers alleging gender discrimination, sexual harassment, racial harassment, age discrimination, and wage and hour violations. She is experienced in training management and non-management employees on sexual harassment, equal employment law, employee privacy, wage and hour law, and the Family and Medical Leave Act.

Noteworthy

• Listed in Best Lawyers in America 2008 for Labor and Employment Law
• Listed in Southwest Super Lawyers 2007 for Labor and Employment Law
• Member, State Bar of Arizona Committee to Revise Uniform Jury Instructions (Chair, Employment Law Subcommittee)
• Editor, Arizona Employment Law Handbook

Representative Matters

• EEOC v. Bashas’ Inc. (National Origin Discrimination)
  
• Parra v. Bashas’ Inc. (National Origin Class Action)
  
• Ekeh v. Banner Health (Whistle Blower)
  
• MicroAge v. iT1Source (Non-Competition)
  
• Williams Ellis v. Elizabeth Arden Salons (Race Discrimination Class Action)
  
• Boring v. Mesa Airlines (Defamation)

News

• Best Lawyers in America Honors 43 Steptoe Attorneys
• 14 Steptoe Attorneys Named Southwest Super Lawyers
• Stephanie J. Quincy Joins Steptoe’s ERISA, Labor & Employment Practice

Speaking Engagements

• Fifth Annual Labor Relations Conference, April 11, 2008, (A Steptoe-Sponsored Event)
• Annual Employment Law Update: What In-House Counsel and HR Executives Need to Know, March 4, 2008, (A Steptoe-Sponsored Event)
• Fourth Annual Labor Relations Conference, May 2, 2007, (A Steptoe-Sponsored Event)

Professional Affiliations

• Member, Maricopa County Bar Association
• Member, Arizona Bar Association
• Member, Colorado Bar Association
• Member, Missouri Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association