Helen D. "Heidi" Reavis Archives

October 24, 2024 RPJ News & Publications

Helen D. (“Heidi”) Reavis, Alice K. Jump, Deena R. Merlen, Jill Kahn Marshall, Frederick R. Fucci, and John A. Beranbaum Honored by Super Lawyers Selection

RPJ is proud to announce that Helen D. (Heidi) Reavis, Alice K. Jump, Deena R. Merlen, Frederick R. Fucci, and John A. Beranbaum have been selected to the 2024 Metro New York Super Lawyers list and Jill Kahn Marshall has been selected to the 2024 Metro New York Rising Stars list! Following a vigorous and highly-competitive selection process each...

October 22, 2024 Corporate Law, Employment Law, RPJ News & Publications

Legal Implications of Amazon’s Return-to-Office Mandate: Insights from Helen D. (Heidi) Reavis

By Helen D. (Heidi) Reavis In her latest article for Ars Technica, RPJ’s Helen D. (Heidi) Reavis highlights the potential legal risks inherent in Amazon’s new return-to-office (RTO) mandate. This significant policy shift by one of the nation’s largest employers, moving away from its current hybrid model permitting remote work...

October 8, 2024 Community & Civic Engagement, RPJ News & Publications

RPJ Partner Helen D. (Heidi) Reavis and RPJ Client Engel Entertainment Produce Short Voting and Civic Engagement Promotion “Work from Home to Vote from Home” Circulated to Millions

By Helen D. Reavis Voting is a constitutional right, and high voter turnout is essential for a representative and functioning democracy. However, in this era of aggressive partisan politics, for many the act of voting has become fraught. Casting a vote can be even more challenging if not impossible due...

September 5, 2024 Client News, Entertainment Law, RPJ News & Publications

Congratulations to RPJ Client Jezebel Productions on the PBS Premiere of “The Five Demands”

Jezebel Productions’ documentary, The Five Demands, has garnered widespread acclaim since its premiere at the Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles, where it received a heartfelt standing ovation. Following its festival success, the film drew in audiences at art house cinemas, starting with a packed sneak preview at Maysles...

July 16, 2024 Entertainment Law, Legal News, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, RPJ News & Publications

RPJ Partner Helen D. (Heidi) Reavis Featured in Fox News Article Discussing the ‘Rust’ Trial Outcome and Legal Impacts

Last week, Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer unexpectedly announced the decision to dismiss the serious criminal charges against Alec Baldwin. The actor was initially charged in January 2023 with two counts of involuntary manslaughter after shooting and killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring Joel Souza on the set of ‘Rust’ in...

April 18, 2024 Community & Civic Engagement, Entertainment Law, Legal News, RPJ News & Publications

RPJ Partner Helen D. (Heidi) Reavis Featured in ABC News and Fox News Articles Discussing the ‘Rust’ Trials and Possible Industry and Legislative Impact

In October 2021, on the active production set of ‘Rust,’ well-known actor, producer and executive producer Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun containing a live round, accidentally killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring writer/director Joel Souza. On Monday, April 15, the film’s armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, was sentenced to the maximum...

April 9, 2024 Client News, Community & Civic Engagement, Entertainment Law, RPJ News & Publications

Feature Doc “Loud Enough—Surviving Justice” Produced by RPJ’s Heidi Reavis, Steve Engel and Hilary Klotz Steinman, and Assisted by RPJ’s Alice Jump, Released through Women Make Movies and Featured for Screenings during Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Beyond

Feature documentary “Loud Enough—Surviving Justice” follows college student Madison Smith and her tight-knit family in deep-red Kansas as they gather national advocates and take on local prosecutors to fight for justice and systemic change. Following Smith’s violent sexual assault and strangulation, and ignoring substantial forensic evidence, County Prosecutors declined to...

February 20, 2024 Community & Civic Engagement, Employment Law, RPJ News & Publications

RPJ Partner Helen D. Reavis Featured in SHRM Article “Viral Video Draws Attention to Layoff Process Via Zoom”

RPJ Partner Helen D. “Heidi” Reavis was recently extensively featured in the Human Resources publication, SHRM, discussing some of the dos and don’ts of video termination, from both a legal and leadership perspective. The article, inspired by a viral video of a woman being terminated over Zoom by two people...

January 23, 2024 Community & Civic Engagement, Corporate Law, Employment Law, Entertainment Law, Legal News, RPJ News & Publications

Reavis Page Jump Managing Partner Helen D. (Heidi) Reavis Interviewed for Above the Law Article on Culture and Diversity in Law Firms

RPJ Managing Partner Helen D. (Heidi) Reavis was recently interviewed by Above the Law’s Staci Zaretsky to discuss how RPJ, a progressive women-led law firm, has fostered its culture and ways in which other law firms might work to accomplish the same. Ms. Reavis emphasizes the role of support, flexibility,...

November 13, 2023 Community & Civic Engagement, Employment Law, RPJ News & Publications

Congratulations to RPJ and Equity in Lighting on a Wonderful Panel on Employment and Labor Law!

This past Wednesday night, November 8, RPJ Attorneys Alice Jump, Deena Merlen, Ethan Krasnoo and Helen D. (Heidi) Reavis weighed in on “Questions You Don’t Want to Ask Out Loud—Employment Law,” the inaugural Panel sponsored by Equity in Lighting. The Panel provided RPJ the opportunity to answer anonymous employment and...

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