Profile

One of the greatest strengths of our firm is accountability. The way we are built drives us all to be accountable to ourselves, each other, and more importantly each and every client. 

Glianny Fagundo prides herself in partnering with clients to design and implement workplace policies and practices that are not just compliant with the law, but that further business goals and protect a company’s culture. Her years as a high-stakes employment and business litigator gave her a full appreciation of the value, and cost, of human capital. As a result, her employment law counsel and advice is carefully designed to maximize returns and decrease risks. Ms. Fagundo routinely counsels national employers on a multitude of workplace issues, including wage and hour, worker classification, joint employer/single enterprise, religious and disability accommodations, discipline, terminations, RIF’s, executive employment agreements, and background checks. She also continues to defend companies in high-stakes cases including claims for restrictive covenants violations, discrimination, collective FLSA/wage, contractual breaches, fraud, consumer disputes, professional liability and products liability. Some of the industries in which Ms. Fagundo has considerable experience include healthcare, restaurants and hospitality, retail, professional services, transportation and logistics, and media/entertainment. Ms. Fagundo's engaging personality and natural public speaking knack have resulted in numerous invitations to address and train management and trade groups on policies and legal developments.

In addition to practicing law, Ms. Fagundo is considered a business and community leader in the state of Georgia. Ms. Fagundo was one of the forces behind the incorporation of the City of Brookhaven and has worked with a multitude of non-profits serving various industries. To list a few, she was one of the founders of the National Latina Business Women Association-Atlanta, has served as president and subsequently chairperson of the Georgia Hispanic Bar Association, served on the board of CredAbility Inc., and the Latin American Chamber of Commerce. She currently serves on the Latin American Association’s Advocacy Committee and the State of Georgia's Personnel Board. Ms. Fagundo also regularly lectures at community events and contributes to newspapers and television shows to counsel the Hispanic community about its legal rights and duties.

Ms. Fagundo and her family enjoy the outdoors and further support the groups with which her husband and she work by doing fun volunteer work such as paddling down the Chattahoochee River for river clean-ups and otherwise engaging in events to improve or maintain our state’s natural resources.

Memberships

Latin American Association Advocacy Committee, 2016-present

Latin American Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors, 2014-2017

Georgia Hispanic Bar Association, Former President and Chairperson

Leadership Atlanta, Class of 2013

Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

National Latina Business Women Association-Atlanta, Founder and Past Director

Community Involvement

State of Georgia Personnell Board, 2017-present

Buford Highway Improvement Steering Committee, 2014

CredAbility, Board of Directors, 2013

Brookhaven Alcohol Board, March 2013-December 2014

Friends of Lynwood Park, Volunteer

Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, Volunteer

Latin American Association, Advocacy Committee

Peachtree Creek Greenway, Volunteer

Foreign Languages

  • Spanish

Practice Highlights

Experience

  • Civil rights/free speech

    Prevailed on appellate challenge on the grant of summary judgment for a client in a complex civil rights/free speech case involving the applicability of political speech versus political patronage doctrines.

  • TBS, Inc. employment law counseling and litigation

    Active defense counsel for TBS, Inc. and subsidiaries, including CNN, CNN Español, and The Cartoon Network, Inc., in administrative charges filed at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and in federal lawsuits brought in Atlanta, Georgia, and New York, New York, alleging discrimination and retaliation under federal anti-discrimination laws. Taylor English regularly advises TBS, Inc. and its subsidiaries on complex employment law issues and prepare ...

  • Hospital's overtime calculation formula challenged under the FLSA

    Secured judgment for a major hospital in a case in which its overtime calculation formula was challenged under the FLSA. The secured court order will foreclose future challenges against the pay practice at issue, thus saving the client millions of dollars in litigation.

  • Georgia Supreme Court affirms large furniture company case

    Defended a large furniture company in a contentious arbitration in which $14 million in damages was alleged. The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the furniture company, and after an appeal by Plaintiff, the Supreme Court of Georgia issued a unanimous decision affirming the Court of Appeals. 

  • Permanent injunction relief order in a restrictive covenant matter

    Ms. Fagundo drafted the non-solicitation clause at issue and secured judgment for a client as to the breaching employees, which included an award for attorneys’ fees.

Newsroom

Speaking Engagements

Publications

Education

University of Georgia School of Law, JD, 2000

The University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, BA, magna cum laude, 1995

Bar Admissions

Georgia

Courts & Adjudicative Bodies

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit

Accolades

Women Who Mean Business Award, 2016

Georgia Trend's Legal Elite, Labor/Employment Law, 2016, 2018

Georgia Super Lawyers, 2017-2019

Georgia Super Lawyers, Rising Stars, 2009-2011

Atlanta Business Chronicle's Top Industry Leader, September 2008

Atlanta Business Chronicle's 40 Under 40 "Up & Comers," November 2008