Elizabeth Gatten

Attorney Elizabeth E. Gatten is a labor and employment law attorney who works out of our Louisville office. She proudly represents individuals before local, state, and federal courts for any employment and labor issues. Elizabeth grew up in western Kentucky, and received her undergraduate degree from Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky. She attended the University of Cincinnati College of Law as a Taft Scholar, the school’s top merit scholarship. As a law student, Elizabeth served as U.C. Law Women’s Philanthropy Chair and contributed to U.C. Law’s Social Justice Blog. During her second year of law school, Elizabeth was awarded an Equal Justice Works Rural Summer Legal Corps Fellowship with the Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati. She graduated cum laude.

Before joining Biesecker, Dutkanych, and Macer, LLC, Elizabeth practiced family and landlord/tenant law for the Legal Aid Society of Southwest Ohio. Elizabeth is licensed in Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee.

Recent Successes

• Wolek v. University of Louisville, Jefferson County District Court - survived motion to dismiss on relatively novel issue of law re: Kentucky Campus Free Speech Act. 
• Wolek v. University of Louisville - KY Court of Appeals - won on appeal re: same case as above. 
• Zollman v. Magnolia Health Systems (Southern District of IN) - Survived summary judgment re: Title VII discrimination case related to Plaintiff's sexual orientation. 
• Gibson v. Kentucky Physicians Health Foundation (WDKy) - Survived Motion to Dismiss re: issue related to "joint employer" theory for ADA and KCRA case. 
• Powe v. University of Louisville (WDKy) - Survived Motion to Dismiss for claims alleging race discrimination and retaliation under Title VII and KCRA.  
• Wolek v. University of Louisville (WDKy) - Survived Motion to Dismiss for claims alleging national origin and religious discrimination and retaliation under iItle VII and KCRA. 

Memberships/Awards

•  Louisville Bar Association, Kentucky Bar Association, American Bar Association.