Tara Eberline

Specialization

Employment & Labor, Education/Public Entity, Appellate Law, Commercial & Complex Litigation

About 's Practice

Tara Eberline advises employers on complex workplace challenges at all stages of the employment relationship. She partners with business owners, managers, and human-resources professionals to guide them in making strategic and lawful decisions regarding their employees. When disputes arise, she represents companies before state and federal agencies and defends clients in workplace harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and other employment-related lawsuits.

Education

• University of Iowa, J.D. (2006)
  • Order of the Coif
    • highest honors
  • Editor – Moot Court Board
• Wartburg College, BS (2003)
  • summa cum laude

Major Publications & Speaking Engagements

• Editor, Kansas Employment Law Letter
• Contributing Editor, Midwest Employment Law Letter
• Author, "FMLA: Manager fired while on leave may have interference claim," Kansas Employment Law Letter, September 2015, and HR Daily Advisor, February 11, 2016
• Author, "'Ban the box' movement making its way across country," Kansas Employment Law Letter, May 2015, and HR Hero Line, August 26, 2015
• Quoted, "Workplace policies: Recognizing the good, the bad, and the ugly," HR Hero Line, January 21, 2015
• Co-Author, "Misclassification of workers as independent contractors," Kansas Employment Law Letter, May 2011, and HR Hero Line, June 9, 2011
• Author, "Reversal of fortune," Kansas Employment Law Letter, April 2007, and HR Hero Line, May 18, 2007

Professional Recognition

Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers® List Rising Star, 2010 (a Thomson Reuters business)

Admitted to Practice

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (2008)
• U.S. District Court, District of Kansas (2006)
• U.S. District Court for Western Missouri (2007)
• Kansas (2006)
• Missouri (2007)