Laura A. Candris

Background

Candris, Laura A. was born on April 5, 1955 in Frankfort, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of Charles M. and Dorothy (King) Sutton.

Education

AB with distinction in political science, Transylvania College, 1975; postgraduate, U. Pittsburgh, 1975-1977; postgraduate, U. Florida, 1977-1978; Juris Doctor, U. Pittsburgh, 1978.

Career

Worked at Meyer, Unkovic & Scott LLP (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) specializing in Employment Litigation, Employment Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Americans with Disabilities Act, Family and Medical Leave Act. Admitted to the bar, 1978, Florida. 1981, Pennsylvania.

Author: Numerous Articles, including: "What Every Business Owner Needs to Know About Sexual Harassment," Forum Reporter, Volume 10, No.

2, January 26, 1996; "Alternative Dispute Resolution: Can and Should Employers Mandate It?" Personnel Law Update (Council on Education in Management), November 5, 1995. "The Reasonable Accommodation Obligation and the Undue Hardship Defense Under Title I of the ADA," Employment Law Institute Manual, PBI No. 1995-978; "Temporary Employees: Joint Employer Liability Issues," Reference Manual for the 30th Annual Mid-West Labor Law Conference, Volume 93-68.

Member: Allegheny County (Member: Labor and Federal Courts Sections. Council on Professionalism. Headquarters Committee.

Personnel Subcommittee), Pennsylvania (Member, Employment Law Section) and American (Member: EEO Subcommittee, Employment Law Section. Labor and Employment Subcommittee, Litigation Section) Bar Associations. The Florida Bar; Society of Hospital Attorneys of Western Pennsylvania.

Pittsburgh Personnel Association. The Women's Bar Association.

Achievements

• Bar: Florida 1978, United States District Court (middle district) Florida 1978, United States Court Appeals (4th circuit) 1980, Pennsylvania 1981, United States District Court (western district) Pennsylvania 1982, United States Court Appeals (3d circuit) 1983.

Membership

Council member O'Hara Township, 1986-1990. Member O'Hara Township Planning Commission, 1990. Board directors Tri-State Employers Association, 1991-1993, Parent and Child Guidance Center, since 1991, vice president Executive Committee, since 1998.

Treasurer, member Executive Committee SMC Business Couns., 1993-1994, board directors, 1993-1996. Board directors Big Brothers & Big Sisters Greater Pittsburgh, since 1998. Member American Bar Association (Equal Employment Opportunity committee labor section, labor and employment law committee litigation section), Florida Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association (employment section), Allegheny County Bar Association (county on professionalism, employment and federal courts section, headquarters committee and personnel subcommittee), Society Hospital Attorneys Western Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh Human Resources Association, Women's Bar Association Western Pennsylvania.

Interests

• Avocations: skiing, traveling, bicycling, reading.

Connections

Married Aris S. Candris, December 22,1974.

Father:

Charles M. Sutton

Mother:

Dorothy (King) Sutton

Spouse:

Aris S. Candris