About
Kira Fonteneau changed into born in Detroit, Michigan and raised in Chesapeake, Virginia. Prior to law school, Kira spent several years running in operations management roles with Wachovia Bank. In 2005, Kira began her prison profession in Birmingham at a local employment protection law workplace. She later started her own firm that targeted on each crook and civil litigation. During her career, Kira has attempted numerous cases to juries, receiving favorable rulings for her clients in both country and federal court docket. She has also argued at both america Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals.
From 2013 until 2016, Kira served as Jefferson County’s first Public Defender. In that capacity, she opened the workplace and managed a group of fifty seven personnel who served customers who couldn't have enough money recommend. Prior to becoming a member of the Public Defender’s Office, Ms. Fonteneau maintained an lively exercise focusing in crook defense, employment law, and other civil litigation. She has been a regular guest on Fox 6 Legal Lines and regularly offers speeches on leadership, employment regulation, and regulation office control.
She presently serves at the Alabama State Bar Board of Bar Commissioners and the American Diabetes Association’s National Legal Advocacy Subcommittee.
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Legal Issues
- Civil Rights
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Discrimination, Employment, Fair Housing, Police Misconduct, Privacy Law
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
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Experience
- Partner
Five Points Law Group LLC
2017 - Lawyer
The Fonteneau Firm LLC
2006 - Public Defender
Community Law Office
2013
Educations
Graduation year: 2002
Graduation year: 1994
