Billy is the former chair of the firm’s Labor and Employment Law group. He represents management in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including wage and hour issues, equal employment opportunity, ADA and FMLA compliance, and the discipline and discharge of employees.
Practice Areas
Experience
- Successfully represented a hotel management company in a Title VII sexual harassment lawsuit in Norfolk federal court. After a three-day jury trial, the jury found in favor of the employer.
- Successfully represented a Health Maintenance organization in a Title VII race discrimination claim in Norfolk federal court. After a four-day jury trial, the jury found in favor of the employer on all counts.
- Successfully represented a hospital and one of its managers in an assault and battery claim brought by a former employee. After a three-day jury trial, the jury found in favor of the employer and the manager on all counts.
- Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a hospital in a wrongful discharge lawsuit in Norfolk federal court under the Family and Medical Leave Act.
- Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a newspaper publisher in a breach of employment contract claim in Denver, Colorado federal court. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Court affirmed the trial court's judgment for the employer.
- Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a hospital in a disability discrimination and retaliation claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act in Alexandria, Virginia federal court. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the trial court's judgment for the employer.
- Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a publisher in a Title VII gender discrimination lawsuit in Columbus, Ohio federal court. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the trial court's judgment for the employer.
- Obtained summary judgment in Greensboro, North Carolina federal court on behalf of a national portrait business being sued for disability discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
- Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a hospital in Norfolk federal court in three companion cases alleging race discrimination under Title VII.
- Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a regional governmental authority in a lawsuit brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act in federal court.
News / Publications
News
- Willcox Savage Attorneys Recognized as Virginia's 2020 Legal Elite
- Willcox Savage Attorneys Recognized in 2021 Best Lawyers in America
- Attorneys Named in 2020 Virginia Super Lawyers & Rising Stars
- Willcox Savage Attorneys Recognized as Virginia's 2019 Legal Elite
- Attorneys Named in 2019 Virginia Super Lawyers & Rising Stars
- Willcox Savage Attorneys Recognized as Virginia's 2018 Legal Elite
- Willcox Savage Attorney William M. Furr Named 2019 Best Lawyers in America, Employment Law "Lawyer of the Year"
- Attorneys Named in 2018 Virginia Super Lawyers & Rising Stars
- Twenty-Five Attorneys Named as Virginia's "2017 Legal Elite"
- Willcox Savage Attorney William M. Furr Quoted in Virginia Lawyers Weekly Article, ‘The Pence Policy’
- Attorneys Named in 2017 Virginia Super Lawyers & Rising Stars
- Employment Law Outlook - Winter 2017
- Twenty-Five Attorneys Named as Virginia's "2016 Legal Elite"
- New FLSA Rules Enjoined by Court
- Attorneys Named in 2016 Virginia Super Lawyers & Rising Stars
- Twenty-Nine Attorneys Named as Virginia's "2015 Legal Elite"
- Twenty-Five Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America 2016
- Attorneys Named in 2015 Virginia Super Lawyers & Rising Stars
- Twenty-Four Attorneys Named as Virginia's "2014 Legal Elite"
- Willcox Savage Lawyers Named 2015 Best Lawyers in America "Norfolk Lawyers of the Year"
- Twenty-Five Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America 2015
- Willcox Savage Attorneys Recognized by Virginia Super Lawyers
- Twenty-One Attorneys Named as Virginia's "2013 Legal Elite"
- Twenty-Five Attorneys Named "Best Lawyers in America 2014"
- Willcox Savage Attorneys Recognized by Virginia Super Lawyers
- Twenty-Eight Attorneys Named as Virginia's "2012 Legal Elite"
- Attorneys Recognized by Benchmark Litigation
- Twenty-Four Attorneys Named "Best Lawyers in America 2013"
- Attorneys Named in 2012 Virginia Super Lawyers & Rising Stars
- Willcox Savage Partners Recognized in "Virginia Top 100" by Super Lawyers
- Twenty-Seven Attorneys Named as Virginia's "2011 Legal Elite"
- Attorneys Recognized by Benchmark Litigation
- Twenty-Six Attorneys Named as 2010 Legal Elite
- Twenty-Five Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America 2011
- Twenty Attorneys Named as 2009 Legal Elite
- Twenty-Seven Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America 2010
Publications
- Client Alert: Virginia Department of Labor Issues Emergency Standard Requiring Virginia Employers to Implement COVID-19 Safety Procedures
- Employment Law Outlook - Summer 2020 (Special Edition - Summary of Virginia Employment Laws)
- Employment Law Outlook - Summer 2019
- Employment Law Outlook - Spring 2019
- Employment Law Outlook - Winter 2019
- Employment Law Outlook - Summer 2018
- Employment Law Outlook - Spring 2018
- Employment Law Outlook - Fall 2017
- Employment Law Outlook - Summer 2017
- Employment Law Outlook - Fall 2016
- Employment Law Outlook - Spring 2016
- Employment Law Outlook - Fall 2015
- Employment Law Outlook - Summer 2015
- Employment Law Outlook - Winter 2015
- Employment Law Outlook - Fall 2014
- Employment Law Outlook - Spring 2014
- Employment Law Outlook - Summer 2013
- Employment Law Outlook - Spring 2013
- Employment Law Outlook - Winter 2013
- Employment Law Outlook - Fall 2012
- Employment Law Outlook - Summer 2012
- Employment Law Outlook - Winter 2012
- Local retailers see increase in ADA suits
- Employment Law Outlook - Fall 2011
- Employment Law Outlook - Spring 2011
- Employment Law Outlook - Fall 2010
- Employment Law Outlook - Summer 2010
- Employment Law Outlook - Spring 2010
- Employment Law Outlook - Winter 2010
- Employment Law Outlook - Fall 2009
- Employment Law Outlook - Summer 2009
- Employment Law Outlook - Spring 2009
- Employment Law Outlook - Winter 2009
wfurr@wilsav.com
William M.
Furr
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