Joel Dillard & Associates

Current or former hourly employees for Hinds County School District who worked at any time in the last three years are eligible to join this suit. Those who join may share in any recovery obtained, based on the amount owed.

By law, Hinds County School District cannot discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees for joining this suit, regardless of the outcome. 29 U.S.C. § 215(a)(3).

Those who wish to join may fill out a form Consent To Sue Under the FLSA and return it to the attorney listed on the form. Consent is mandatory in order to join the suit. It is entirely up to each individual person whether she wishes to join the suit. If joined, she becomes a party to the suit and will be bound by the results in the case. Those that do not wish to join need not do anything, and will not be bound by the result. This means those who do not join will not share in any potential recovery, but will also retain the right to file another suit at another time.

Those that sign the consent form and are joined to the case are agreeing to be represented by the Plaintiff's lawyer, Joel F. Dillard, PA, and any associated attorneys, successors or assigns. The Plaintiff will also be acting as their agent to make decisions regarding the litigation.

Eligible persons can sign a consent form available for download at: Consent.

The attorneys are being paid on a contingency fee basis, as described in the Consent form. Employees that join the suit do not owe attorney fees or costs unless there is a recovery. The Court retains jurisdiction to determine the adequacy of representation and the reasonableness of any contingency agreement.

Employees also have the right to join this suit with a different lawyer of their own choosing, or by representing themselves. Anyone that wishes to join but does not with to retain Joel F. Dillard PA, must draft and file their own consent form which describes the nature of your representation.

For additional information about this suit, please review the links on the sidebar menu. Potential participants in the suit may also contact the office of the Clerk of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. In addition, potential participants may call Joel F. Dillard, P.A., counsel for Plaintiffs, at 601-509-1372 with any questions.

Pursuant to MRPC 7.4(a)(2) FREE BACKGROUND INFORMATION AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

This site is for general information only, and creates no attorney-client relationship. Sending inquiries to the firm does not create an attorney-client relationship. By calling or emailing the firm, you are consenting to receive return calls, emails, mailings and text messages from the firm.

To get legal advice about an employment law, labor law, federal employee law, whistleblower protection, labor unions, worker cooperatives, immigration, discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, severance, or any related question, you must first have a conflicts check by the firm. We represent exclusively workers, worker cooperatives and unions, but we still must check for potential conflicts of interest, for example, between a supervisor and employee.

First provide the firm with your name, and the name of the person you are making claims against. This allows the firm to check for such conflicts of interest. Until you receive confirmation that there is NO CONFLICT, none of the information you provide will be considered confidential. Do NOT provide any confidential information before we have asked you to do so.

Once we have confirmed there is no conflict, you may discuss your matter with staff in a little more detail, and, if requested, make an appointment. If at your appointment the firm accepts you as a client in writing, then the attorney will be able to provide you with employment law advice.

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