About Nancy Henderson
Nancy Henderson is an award-winning journalist who has published hundreds of articles in Smithsonian, The New York Times, Parade, The Wall Street Journal and other publications. The author of Sewing Hope and Able! How One Company’s Extraordinary Workforce Changed the Way We Look at Disability Today, she enjoys breaking stereotypes and often writes about people who are making a difference through their work. Over the years, she’s enjoyed listening to family stories about her grandfather, who prosecuted cases as a solicitor general in North Carolina long before she was born.
Articles written by Nancy Henderson
When Is a Contractor a Full-Time Employee?
A contract worker is a full-time employee when they meet the degree of control test for worker classification. Factors that determine worker classification include the right to control, behavior control, and financial control. Independent contractors have independent judgment over their work schedule, can negotiate contract terms, and bear the profit risk of their key business activity. Workers have a W-2 form for tax withholdings, and contractors get a Form 1099. Workers with employee …
Instrument of Change
Benjamin L. Hall III believes in the power of the written word—and the pen that creates itFifty years ago, when Benjamin L. Hall III’s grandfather passed away, there was one item his grandson, then 14, really wanted to remember him by. “That was his fountain pen,” Hall says. It wasn’t an expensive pen; just a Sheaffer, a “poor person’s pen,” Hall says. Yet it meant the world. “He stressed being intellectually fit,” Hall says of his grandfather, who was the son of a slave. “He would always make this statement: ‘The brain is a trapped organ, and the only way it …
Caregiver
How Randy Papetti has freed innocent parentsIn 1998, four years after joining Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie in Phoenix, Randy Papetti was walking down the hallway when a frustrated criminal defense colleague approached him. He was repping a man serving 35-to-life after being convicted of killing an infant due to a medical diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome, and asked Papetti to help write the brief. Despite Papetti’s lack of experience with the subject matter—“I knew nothing about it, so it was an enormous learning curve,” he …
Nice Being the Boss
“Pay your quarterly taxes” and other lessons from family law attorney Emily YuGrowing up in New Jersey, Emily Yu’s family expected her to become a doctor, an accountant or a lawyer. “I liked to argue,” she says. “So…” Her goal, however, wasn’t to climb the ladder at a large firm. The 34-year-old founder of Yu Family Law in Atlanta envisioned herself as an entrepreneur, partly because, she admits, “I do better calling the shots.” She concentrated on family law, first at Meriwether & Tharp in 2011, then a year later, at Hunter, Weinstein & …
Great Heights
Imposing in stature, litigator David Herzog takes his work—not himself—seriouslyIn 2009, at the close of a monthlong trial in California, a jury ruled against David Herzog’s client, a Chinese manufacturer accused of producing contaminated fiberglass used in insulator rods that had allegedly caused several electrical failures. From the beginning, the jurors appeared unsympathetic to the foreign company, and raised their hands during voir dire when Herzog asked, “Who thinks we’re starting in a hole?” Ultimately, they concluded there must be something wrong with the …
Location Location Location
The dos and don’ts of moving your businessAs head of the real estate team at Reda & Des Jardins, Evan Sauer has seen his share of lease transactions. But it wasn’t until his firm got rid of its expensive office space and he began working remotely about 10 years ago that the headaches hit home. The move, and the challenges that prompted it, he says, “helped me see the difficulties and complexities for our clients and guide them through the process.” One way to avoid pitfalls in such a move, says Michael Gunderson, a real …
How to Avoid a Discrimination Claim
Employment attorneys share their adviceUntil a few years ago, many Illinois employers hadn’t established clear policies on equal employment and sexual harassment, says Seth Halpern, who heads the employment law practice at Malkinson & Halpern. “Now it’s a necessity,” he says. “If the employer does everything by the book, they have a much greater chance of defending against such a claim. If you don’t have a reporting policy, the employer may lose their ability to assert an affirmative defense that an individual failed …
Illinois Discrimination Claims: Steps To Avoid Lawsuits
Until a few years ago, many Illinois employers hadn’t established clear company policies on equal employment and sexual harassment, says Seth Halpern, who heads the employment law practice at the law firm of Malkinson & Halpern. “Now it’s a necessity,” he says. “If the employer does everything in good faith and by the book, they have a much greater chance of defending against an employee’s claim. If you don’t have a company policy for reporting, the employer may lose their …
What Are the Legal Steps for Successful Business Relocation?
Evan Sauer has seen his share of lease transactions as a real estate attorney. But it wasn’t until his firm got rid of its expensive office space, and he began working remotely several years ago, that the headaches hit home. He says that the business move, and the challenges that prompted it, “Helped me see the difficulties and complexities for our clients and guide them through the process.” Developing a Business Relocation Plan for Your Office Move One way to avoid pitfalls in such a …
Repairing the World
David Inlander builds bridges between world religionsOn an unseasonably cold September day in 1986, David Inlander found himself in the middle of a contentious 45-minute debate with his fellow Chicago condominium board members about whether to turn on the heat before Oct. 1. When the final vote split 3-3, says Inlander, a family law attorney, mediator and managing partner at Chicago’s Fischel Kahn, “I started to pound my head into the table out of frustration. And the woman next to me, Marcia Lazar, put her hand on my shoulder and said, …
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