Casey Denson Law, LLC

Focus and practice areas

This New Orleans firm works in two fields of law: employment and civil rights. Casey Denson Law opened in 2018 and runs its practice from the city. Its employment work covers discrimination and retaliation, unpaid wages, accommodations and leave from work, whistleblower claims, and contract review.

That set of topics points to a practice built around the workplace. The firm represents clients across Louisiana and Mississippi. In my opinion, holding to two areas of law tells a reader something useful: the attorneys concentrate their days on a defined set of disputes and the rules that govern them.

Employment law and civil rights law share a good deal of ground. Both deal with how people are treated by those who hold power over them, whether an employer or a public body. The firm puts these two fields side by side, and each practice area on its site fits within them.

Who the firm represents

Casey Denson Law represents employees who have disputes with the people who employ them. Those employers include large corporations and small companies. They also include state, city, and local government bodies.

Claims against employers

Claims against a public employer often follow their own rules and shorter deadlines. Anyone weighing that kind of case benefits from counsel who has met those rules before. The firm names government employers among the parties it takes on, so this ground is part of its regular work.

Private employers bring a different mix of questions. A claim against a large corporation can involve layers of management and written policy, while a small company may turn on a handful of conversations. The firm says it represents workers against both, which means it sees the workplace at very different sizes.

Advice for employers

The firm also advises companies. It helps employers respond to workplace problems, draft severance agreements, update employee handbooks, and set workplace policies. A practice that sees both sides of the employment relationship reads the same problem from two directions, and that can sharpen its sense of how a dispute is likely to move.

Each of these tasks tries to settle terms before a conflict starts. A severance agreement sets what an employer and a departing worker owe each other. A handbook and a set of policies give staff a written standard to point to later. Work of this kind tends to prevent claims as much as answer them.

How the team is built

The team page names four attorneys. Casey Rose Denson, Justine Daniel, Mercedes Townsend, and Rachel Hudson each carry the Esq. title. Tiara Perrie appears under the attorneys and staff heading without that title.

Justine Daniel studied at Tulane University Law School and graduated in 2015. Her work covers employment and labor matters for employees, civil rights, and plaintiff-side employment litigation. Mercedes A. Townsend focuses her practice on employment and labor matters. Rachel B. Hudson handles employment and labor matters together with civil rights.

As a reviewer, I read the overlap across these profiles as a sign of a focused bench. Each named attorney works inside the same two fields the firm claims. A client's matter is likely to reach someone who spends most of their time on similar cases.

What employment claims involve

Employment disputes usually start well before a courtroom. The steps a claim takes depend on the kind of harm at issue, and the firm's topic list touches several of them.

Discrimination, retaliation, and leave

Many discrimination and retaliation claims pass through an agency stage first. A worker often files a charge with a body such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission before a case can move to court. That step carries its own deadline, which can be short, so timing matters early.

Accommodation and leave questions usually trace back to paper. A written request, the reason behind it, and the employer's answer often decide how the matter goes. These claims reward careful records on both sides.

Pay and whistleblower claims

Unpaid wage claims turn on records too. Hours worked, pay rates, and the way an employer classifies a job all shape what a worker is owed. A misclassified role can change the math for overtime.

Whistleblower claims protect workers who report conduct they believe breaks the law. These cases often hinge on timing, on the report itself, and on what happened to the worker afterward. Casey Denson Law lists each of these topics among its employment work, so the firm handles claims at several points along this path.

The civil rights side

Civil rights work sits next to the firm's employment practice, and the two meet often. A single act of discrimination can raise claims under both bodies of law at the same time. Two of the named attorneys, Justine Daniel and Rachel Hudson, list civil rights among their areas, which puts the subject inside the firm's core work.

Civil rights claims cover the protections people hold against those acting under government authority. They can involve equal treatment, due process, and freedom from certain kinds of official conduct. Cases like these often turn on the facts of a single encounter and the law that applies to public actors.

Civil rights matters can name government actors as the party at fault. The firm already handles employment claims against state, city, and local government employers. That footing with public bodies connects to the kind of defendant a civil rights case often involves.

Contract review

Contract review rounds out the employment list, and it plays a quieter role. Reading an employment agreement or a severance offer before signing can change what a worker gives up. The firm offers this review as part of its employment work.

What the record shows

Casey Denson Law presents a clear and narrow picture. It is a New Orleans firm, formed in 2018, that works on employment and civil rights matters for clients in Louisiana and Mississippi. Four attorneys carry the practice, and the site names staff alongside them.

The firm speaks to two audiences at once: workers who bring claims and employers who want to head off problems. Its employment topics cover pay disputes, workplace accommodations, and whistleblower protection, and its civil rights work draws on the same body of law.

The site states one attorney's law school and graduation year, and lists the others by name and field. Every named attorney works within the firm's two stated areas. Casey Denson Law has kept to employment and civil rights work since it opened in 2018.