Schaeffer v. Singlecare

Jennifer Diane Spyker has been working to protect employee rights since 2013.  Her career is exclusively dedicated to representing employees from all walks of life, ranging from hourly employees to corporate executives.  

Jennifer is experienced in handling employment disputes against private and public employers ranging from discrimination, retaliation, whistleblower, wage and hour, severance negotiations, non-compete, trade secret, and confidentiality disputes, executive compensation, and First Amendment and due process violations which arise in public employment.

In addition to litigating on behalf of employees in state and federal courts in North Carolina, Jennifer provides swift and effective guidance to those navigating complex separations, reasonable accommodation and medical leave requests, disciplinary actions, and other concerns where state and federal employment rights are at stake.  

Jennifer is known in the employment law community for being very thorough and prepared, and ready and willing to take on challenging cases.  The results are demonstrated in successful rulings in state and federal courts in North Carolina.  Other attorneys have called upon Jennifer to help with legal research, writing, and trial assistance.

Jennifer volunteered as CLE Co-Chair for the North Carolina Advocates for Justice Employment Law Section from 2016-2020 where she helped organize continuing legal education programs for plaintiffs’ employment lawyers.  She also provides pro bono representation through the Western District of North Carolina’s Pro Se Settlement Assistance Program.  Jennifer has been included in Super Lawyers “Rising Stars” since 2017 and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America since 2021.

Over the years, Jennifer and her husband have fostered rescues in their home through the Charlotte Humane Society and other rescue organizations.

Lauren Newton, practices personal injury, workers’ compensation, premises liability, and medical malpractice law with Tin, Fulton, Walker & Owen, PLLC. She serves as a North Carolina Revitalization Governor on the Board of Governors for the American Association for Justice and is on the board of directors of the North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys.

Newton is a member and vice chair of the Auto Torts & Premises Liability Section, member and PAC chair of the Premises Liability section, and member and Legal Affairs Chair of the Women’s Caucus Sections and is also a member and PAC chair of Professional Negligence and is a member of the Workers’ Compensation Section.

She earned her law degree from UNC School of Law and has been a member of NCAJ since 2011.

Melissa N. Abrams is an associate at Abrams & Abrams, P.A. in Raleigh, NC. Melissa holds a BA from the University of Georgia in Honor’s Interdisciplinary Studies, with a focus on international agricultural policy and natural resource issues. She earned her JD from the University of North Carolina School of Law in December of 2011, and became a member of the North Carolina State Bar in March of 2012. Melissa then joined her in-laws, Doug and Peggy Abrams, and her husband, Noah Abrams, at Abrams & Abrams, P.A., where she represents plaintiffs in catastrophic personal injury cases arising from commercial motor vehicle wrecks, workplace accidents, explosions and fires, and defective vehicles and other products. Melissa is an active member of the North Carolina Advocates of Justice, serving as a Division Officer for its New Lawyers’ Division. Melissa is also a member of the Wake County Bar Association, the North Carolina Bar Association, and the American Association for Justice. Melissa lives in Raleigh with her husband and their two children, and is actively involved in the Junior League of Raleigh, as well as with her children’s school and sports teams.

Sam McGee is of counsel at the Wilder Pantazis Law Group. Since beginning law practice in 1998, he has recovered over $100 million for his clients, including multiple seven figure verdicts. McGee serves as Legal Affairs Counsel for the North Carolina Advocates for Justice, where he oversees the amicus briefs and moot courts programs. He has also served on the Amicus Committee of the American Association for Justice and is on the Board of Directors of the Southern Trial Lawyers Association. 

Sam is a member of the Nursing Home Litigation Section and Professional Negligence Section.

Sam earned his law degree from Yale and has been a member of NCAJ since 2007.