Services
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2002
- University of Nebraska at Lincoln, B.A., English and French, 1999
Allison D. Balus
1700 Farnam Street
Omaha, NE 68102-2068
Allison D. Balus is a member of the firm's Labor, Employment and Employee Benefits Law Group. She primarily represents clients with respect to employment law and litigation issues, particularly those involving the Fair Labor Standards Act and its state counterparts and federal and state employment discrimination laws. She represents several international food processing companies in wage and hour class actions and has defended a number of Fortune 1000 companies in employment discrimination charges and lawsuits. Additionally, Ms. Balus counsels and advocates for employers on a range of employment issues, such as drafting and enforcing non-compete agreements, ensuring FMLA compliance, and defending retaliation claims.
Ms. Balus’ practice also includes Fair Housing counseling and litigation. She represents property managers, developers, builders, design professionals, and nonprofit organizations in all aspects of fair housing and public accommodation law. She has been recognized by Benchmark Litigation as a “Future Star” of the Nebraska Bar.
Selected Practice Highlights
- Defended companies in more than a dozen wage and hour class actions, involving both federal and state law claims, in all stages of litigation including discovery, opposition to class and collective action certification, and trial
- Successfully opposed conditional certification of collective action in FLSA case in Alabama.
- Obtained summary judgment and dismissal on behalf of employers in actions brought by former employees involving claims of discrimination based on race, disability, and age, as well as First Amendment claims
- Attained over $300,000 damages award for group home provider for persons with disabilities against municipality for its failure to grant a reasonable accommodations from its zoning ordinances
Publications
“Hybrid Wage and Hour Class Actions: Where Federal and State Class Action Procedures Collide,” The Nebraska Lawyer, November/December 2008
Bar & Court Admissions
- Nebraska, 2005
- District of Columbia, 2003
- Virginia, 2002
Press Releases
Seminars & Events
- Baird Holm CLE Program: October 25, 2011
- 2011 Baird Holm Labor Law Forum
- Save the Date for the 23rd Annual Baird Holm Labor Law Forum
- Baird Holm CLE Program: May 19, 2010
- 2010 Baird Holm Labor Law Forum
Newsletters
Professional and Civic Affiliations
- Virginia State Bar Association
- District of Columbia Bar Association
- Labor and Employment, Litigation, and Young Lawyers sections of the American Bar Association