Areas of Practice
Employment
Wage and Hour

Education
J.D., University of South Carolina School of Law, 1990
Order of the Barrister
International Law
Moot Court Team
B.S., Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1985

Memberships
North Carolina State Bar
South Carolina BarJACOB J. MODLA

Mr. Modla has since 1990 provided counseling and litigation services to management clients on a wide variety of matters regarding equal employment opportunity, wage and hour matters, and civil rights issues. He has handled litigation in federal and state trial and appellate courts on numerous issues, including statutory discrimination claims, wage payment issues, as well as state tort claims (e.g., slander, negligent supervision), and has appeared as counsel before the United States Supreme Court on one occasion. Mr. Modla also has experience serving as lead trial counsel in class-action litigation in federal court. His work in advising and defending employers covers a broad range of federal and state antidiscrimination requirements, including Title†VII (sex, race, national origin, and retaliation), the ADEA, the ADA, and affirmative action requirements.

Mr. Modla handles the following types of matters:

- Litigates all aspects of employment law cases in state and federal courts and before administrative agencies.
- Class-action litigation.

- Prosecutes appeals in state and federal courts.

- Counsels clients on employment matters, including Title†VII, the ADA, the ADEA, the FMLA, the FLSA, and various state laws, including wage payment issues and workplace monitoring.