Jennifer Hanson Wheeler

Jennifer is an attorney in Maynard’s Labor & Employment Practice Group. With a record of successful company defense, she devotes her practice to the representation of management in all areas of labor and employment law. Jennifer’s extensive experience benefits clients in a multitude of EEO and employment-related matters, including advising and litigating claims arising under the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, Section 1981, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and other analogous state discrimination and tort laws. Jennifer also has experience litigating and providing advice relating to the enforceability of employment agreements and non-compete agreements, and conducting investigations into workplace issues.

Before joining Maynard, Jennifer clerked for two federal judges and was a partner at a Birmingham law firm, primarily practicing business and commercial litigation and employment law. Jennifer earned her J.D., cum laude, from the University of Alabama School of Law and a B.S., summa cum laude, from the University of Alabama.

AFFILIATIONS

• Alabama State Bar
• Birmingham Bar Association, Womens Lawyers Section Board (2023-Present), Young Lawyers Section Executive Committee (2015–2021), Vice President-Communications (2018)

CIVIC INVOLVEMENT

• Rotaract Club of Birmingham (2012-2021), Leadership Development Program (2015-2016)
• Alabama Symphony Orchestra Junior Patrons Board (2012-present), Secretary (2012-2018)

The Academic Medical Center Exception to the Stark Law: Compliance by Teaching Hospitals, 61 Ala. L. Rev. 373 (2010)

• November 17, 2022: panel moderator to the Birmingham Bar Association Future Leaders Forum, “The Future of Birmingham,” Birmingham, AL
• November 22, 2019: panel presentation to the Birmingham Bar Association Young Lawyers Section, “Emerging Issues in the Law: Cannabis, Vaping, and the First Amendment,” Birmingham, AL