Heidi Nunn-Gilman
- Partner
- (602) 851-8797
- hgilman@psgmlaw.com
Heidi Nunn-Gilman’s practice focuses on employment litigation and human resource matters. She advises clients on matters relating to labor and employment law, including I-9 and immigration compliance strategies, E-Verify, ICE and worksite enforcement, EEOC, Title VII, FLSA, FMLA, ADA, drug and alcohol, NLRB, PPA, wrongful discharge, non-competition and confidentiality agreements, wage and hour laws/DOL for both public and private employers, paid sick leave or family leave, employee handbooks, and executive agreements. Heidi frequently writes and speaks on a number of employment, immigration compliance, and labor matters.
Representative Experience
Heidi Nunn-Gilman is a partner at PSGM Law. Heidi’s practice focuses on human resource counseling and employment litigation. She has extensive experience handling employment immigration compliance strategies, including I-9s, E-Verify, ICE and worksite investigations and enforcement under the Legal Arizona Workers Act (LAWA) and similar state and local laws. She regularly advises clients on matters relating to labor and employment law, federal contractor compliance (including Affirmative Action, Davis-Bacon, and federal contractor E-Verify requirements), ADA, Title VII, FLSA, NLRB, FMLA, leaves, drug and alcohol, union matters, wrongful discharge, wage and hour laws for both public and private employers, employee handbooks, confidentiality and non-compete agreements, and executive agreements.
Heidi has extensive experience creating employment handbooks, policies, and procedures that help companies develop their workforce and stay in compliance with applicable laws. She develops I-9 audit and immigration compliance training programs for multi-state national corporations, and has created employee handbooks for numerous employers of various sizes and operating in multiple states. She regularly provides advice to federal contractors regarding multiple requirements of federal contract law, including Affirmative Action, federal contractor E-Verify requirements, and wage and hour requirements, such as the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts, and economic stimulus program requirements.
Heidi also has experience advising multi-employer plans with union participation. She has been actively involved in litigation with multi-employer plans and obtaining approval of self-insured plans to qualify as fringe benefits under the Davis-Bacon Act.
She also represents employers in obtaining employment-based visas for foreign nationals, including the H-1B, H-2B, TN and L visas.
Court Admissions
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Arizona 2005
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Supreme Court of Arizona 2005
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U.S. District Court, District of Arizona 2005
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U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit 2007
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U.S. Supreme Court 2010
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U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit 2012
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Supreme Court of Oregon 2012
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U.S. District Court, District of Oregon 2020
Education & Honors
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Lewis & Clark Law School (J.D., summa cum laude, 2005)
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First in her class
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Editor-in-chief, Lewis & Clark Law Review
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University of Montana (M.A., summa cum laude, 2000)
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Ouachita Baptist University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1998)
Publications
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Contributing Editor, Arizona Human Resources Manual
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Contributing Editor, Employment Verification – An Employer's Guide to Immigration, I-9, and E-Verify
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Co-Author – Placing S.B. 1070 and Racial Profiling into Context, and What S.B. 1070 Reveals about the Legislative Process in Arizona, 43 Ariz. St. L.J. 523 (2011)
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Editor, Arizona Employee Privacy Laws: Practical Law
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Contributing Editor, Financial Management and Accounting for the Construction Industry, by Construction Financial Management Association
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Co-Author, Post-Pandemic Risk Management: Audits, OSHA, and Employment Practices, CFMA Building Profits, July 1, 2020
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Numerous articles on new employment laws and case law updates, wage and hour updates, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), COVID-19 and related leaves, and other employment law topics
Practice Areas
Employment, Labor, OSHA & Immigration, , Litigation, ERISA, Commercial Litigation, Construction, Corporate, Benefits, Government Contracts, Government Relations, Healthcare.Industries
Agriculture, Automotive, Banking, Call Centers, Construction, Defense Contractors, Education, Financial Services, Franchise, Government, Healthcare, Homebuilding, Homeowners Associations, Hospitals, Hotels and Resorts, Internet, Manufacturing, Medical Practice Groups, Non-Profit Organizations, Restaurants, Retail, Shopping Centers, Sports, Technology, Telecommunications, Tribal Business, Wholesale and Distribution.Representative Matters
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Drafted a procedure manual for a state agency providing instructions regarding processing labor election petitions. She also drafted a procedure manual for the agency providing instructions regarding processing unfair labor practice charges made by unions, employees or employers.
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Second-chaired a four-week jury trial resulting in a defense verdict for a national retail client and five individual supervisors against multiple claims brought by five former employees, including breach of contract, wrongful discharge in violation of public policy, fraud, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
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Integral part of the legal team challenging the constitutionality of Arizona’s groundbreaking employer sanctions immigration law (the Legal Arizona Workers Act or LAWA) on behalf of a coalition of business groups.
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Has interceded on behalf of numerous clients experiencing immigration compliance investigations by federal immigration authorities (ICE) or law enforcement, such as Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, under LAWA.
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Represents general contractors and subcontractors in OFCCP audit of affirmative actions programs, prevailing wage compliance, apprenticeship programs, and compliance with F.A.R. and other government contracting requirements.
Professional & Civic
- State Bar of Arizona
- American Bar Association
- Society for Human Resource Management
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- Wills for Heroes
Speaking Engagements
What Employers Need to Know About Immigration Law, I-9s, and E-Verify
Update on New and Proposed State and Federal Laws and Interpretations
Million Dollar Mistakes: Top DOL Wage & Hour Cases and What You Can Learn from Them
DOL’s New Guidance on Independent Contractors
Interplay of ADA, FMLA, Workers’ Compensation and Paid Leave Laws
Conducting Compliance Audits: Wage & HOurs, I-9s, OSHA Safety, and COVID-19
Drug and Alcohol Free Workplace Policies in the Age of Medical and Recreational Marijuana
Responding to an EEO Charge
Labor Challenges in a Challenged Labor Market
Unemployment Insurance 101
Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act: What the Agricultural Industry Needs to Know About Paid Sick Leave
Handbook Policies, the National Labor Relations Act, and Using Handbooks to Promote Management Objectives
Arizona Employment Law: A prime (full day seminar)
Employment Law from A to Z (full day seminar)
Numerous other seminars and presentations for local and national trade groups, educational associations, and others