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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion News – Social Impact Report 2020

Elisabeth K. Hall, Associate
Hall co-founded Rising

Strength, an organization
promoting health, safety and public
service to empower women to Miles To-Go:
find strength in adversity, with her Equal Pay
Elisabeth K. longtime friend and club soccer

Hall Named To teammate, Rachel Mangold, with Nicole Whitecar

Daily Record in 2014. In furtherance of its abor and employment associate Nicole
mission to promote self-defense
VIP List and safety, Rising Strength offers Whitecar shares a few lessons learned about

free self-defense and situational L equal pay in higher education. Earlier in her
career, she worked for an organization that offers
awareness classes to businesses,
lisabeth Koloup Hall, a discrimination and harassment, circumstances of the pandemic to innovative programs to improve outcomes for middle
schools, and interested individuals
labor and employment reasonable accommodations, lay- help her clients adapt to the new and high school students and was a teacher with
in Maryland and other states Teach For America. ■
E lawyer and litigator with offs and furloughs, family medical landscape and also plan for the return throughout the country.
the firm, has been named to The leave and fair housing and public of employees to the workplace.”
Daily Record’s “VIP” List, which accommodation requirements. Hall also volunteers for the
recognizes Maryland leaders 40 During the last several months, Hall Specifically, Hall advises clients Ronald McDonald House Charities
years of age and younger for their has continued this work under the on the ever-changing requirements of Maryland with her fellow practice

professional accomplishments, umbrella of COVID-19. for employers pursuant to group members, serves meals
community service and commit- federal, state and local COVID-19 with Our Daily Bread’s hot meals
ment to inspiring change. “Beth is known for her legislation, and guidelines issued program, volunteers at My Sister’s
responsive and caring approach by the CDC, EEOC, OSHA and other Place Women’s Center in Baltimore
An associate in the Labor, with clients—qualities that are public health entities governing, and has been involved in Junior
Employment, Benefits & always valued, but ones that take among other topics, reasonable Achievement events. Beth has also
Immigration Practice Group of Miles on new meaning right now,” said accommodations, employee health been very active in the Maryland
& Stockbridge, Hall represents Nancy Greene, chairman of Miles screenings, privacy concerns, State Bar Association.

and counsels employers and & Stockbridge. “She has shifted social distancing and the use of
businesses on all aspects of labor, gears to apply her knowledge, personal protective equipment, VIP List winners were
employment and fair housing law, skills and practice experience as a administrative controls, and other honored during a virtual event on
including wage and hour issues, labor and employment lawyer in the workplace safety protocols. September 17. ■

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