Joel P. Babineaux is the Managing Partner of Babineaux, Poché, Anthony & Slavich, L.L.C. Joel's primary area of practice is labor, employment and benefits law. He also practices in the area of business law and commercial litigation. Joel received his B.S. Degree in Business Administration, summa cum laude, from the University of Louisiana and his Juris Doctor Degree from Louisiana State University where he was a member of the Moot Court Board. Mr. Babineaux is in his seventeenth year of private legal practice.  Joel has a broad labor, employment and benefits law practice representing management and employers (private, public and government) in advice matters, federal and state court litigation and administrative proceedings, including the following areas: • Employment Practices • Employment Terminations • Employment Discrimination • Sexual Harassment • Department of Labor and EEOC Administrative Proceedings • FLSA (Wage & Hour), FMLA, ADA • Employee Handbooks, Policies and Procedures • Employment Benefits, ERISA and COBRA • Labor Relations • Insurance Coverage Issues in the Employment Context • Human Resource and Management Training • EEO Compliance.  Joel also serves as general Louisiana counsel or corporate counsel for numerous companies and maintains a business law practice in the following areas: • Contracts • Business Disputes • Shareholder Disputes • Non-Compete, Non-Solicitation and Trade Secret Disputes • Acquisitions and Mergers (With Emphasis on Labor, Employment and Benefits Law Issues) • Entity Formation