M. Lenore Feeney

Lenore Feeney represents employers in a wide variety of human resources matters including preventative advice and counseling concerning compliance with state and federal employment laws such as Title VII, ADA, FMLA, GINA, ADEA, and NLRA and all aspects of employment litigation.

Lenore represents a number of state agencies in defending employment disciplinary decisions before the State Civil Service Commission, and she represents both private employers and state agencies before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Louisiana Commission on Human Rights, and Department of Labor as well as state and federal court.

In addition to her litigation experience, Ms. Feeney has also represented employers in arbitrations and mediations. She has experience drafting employee handbooks, employee evaluation documents, employment contracts and non-competition agreements, and she lectures on employment issues and conducts employee training.

Ms. Feeney is ranked by her peers among Best Lawyers in America in employment law – management.

• Serves as a referee in disciplinary matters for the State Police Commission
• Represents state agencies in state civil service appeals
• Represents public and private employers in EEOC proceedings
• Represents public and private employers in state and federal court employment lawsuits
• Represents a state university in civil service, EEOC and employment discrimination matters
• Obtained summary judgment and jury verdicts for employers
• Represented a major health insurance company in ERISA litigation

• Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center, J.D., 1988
• Louisiana State University, B.S., 1983

• Louisiana, 1988
• United States Federal Courts for the Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• United States Supreme Court

• Louisiana State Bar Association
• Baton Rouge Bar Association
• American Bar Association

• AV Peer Review Rated by Martindale Hubbell
• Best Lawyers in America – Employment Law – Management

• “The X’s and O’s in Labor and Employment Law,” Taylor Porter Labor and Employment Seminar, August 26, 2022
• “Problems, Pitfalls and Legal Issues Associated with Social Media; When Can an Employer Make Unilateral Changes?; and the Latest on “Independent Contractor Status,” Taylor Porter In-House Counsel CLE Seminar, February 2019
• “How to Win at Trial – Hint: Pre-Trial Prep is the Key,” Panelist, CLE Seminar, Louisiana State Bar Association Midyear Meeting, January 17, 2019

• Foundation for Historical Louisiana (Past Chairman of the Board)
• Capital Area Family Violence Intervention Center (Past Board of Directors Member)
• LSU Hilltop Arboretum (Past Member)
• Capital Area Animal Welfare Society (CAAWS) (Past Board of Directors Member)
• EBRP Master Gardeners Association