Ms. Helms has practiced at all levels from administrative agencies to the United States Supreme Court and also is skilled in both mediation and arbitration of cases.

Ms. Helms has successfully represented clients in employment matters including: 

A complex claim of religious discrimination in which a professor claimed that he was not hired into a tenure track position at a university because he was a Christian. The plaintiff appealed this case to the U.S. Supreme Court. Defendant was awarded fees and costs.

A claim against a major retailer in which the plaintiff alleged gender and age bias.

Defended allegation of discrimination in physician residency programs with a large teaching hospital.

Helped structure a major reduction in force in a multi-facility hospital group.

Handled a claim of discrimination complicated by a contractual relationship between a university and a healthcare facility.

Claims of gender discrimination and assault and battery against a manufacturing entity.

Mediating cases to settlement to obtain the optimal resolution for the client.

Actively partnering with clients in counseling in employment matters and advising clients in administrative disputes in order to minimize the likelihood of litigation.

A claim of disability discrimination in which the manufacturing entity had an excellent legal position of facts that could have resulted in very bad public relations. Ms. Helms frequently works healthcare and industrial entities regarding complex employment issues involving individuals from the physician and professional levels to the unskilled worker.

Ms. Helms served as an intern to the late Judge Charles L. Weltner of the Supreme Court of Georgia and earned valuable business experience as a branch manager of a Georgia financial institution. Ms. Helms actively seeks to work with clients to enable them to balance the sometimes conflicting demands of the law and business and to better enable her clients to make their workplace one that is desirable to today's employees.