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Molly Hughes Cherry practices in the litigation and in the employment and labor groups.
Mrs. Cherry received her undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, in Government and Spanish from Wofford College where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Mrs. Cherry graduated cum laude from the University of South Carolina School of Law, where she was a member of the South Carolina Law Review, the Order of the Wig and Robe, the Order of the Barristers, the ABA Moot Court Team, and the John Belton O'Neall Inn of Court.
 Career Highlights
- Certified Specialist in Employment and Labor Law by the South Carolina Supreme Court
- Prior to joining Nexsen Pruet, Ms. Hughes clerked for the Honorable David C. Norton of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, Charleston Division.
- Best Lawyers in America, Labor & Employment Law
- SC Bar Employment and Labor Law Section, Council Member and Newsletter Coordinator
- Tort and Insurance Practices Section of the SC Bar, Council Member
 News
 Publications
- Employment Law Update - October 2008
This edition summarizes the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA), which expands the protections against discrimination based on disability included in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The ADAAA in effect overrules U.S. Supreme Court decisions that narrowly interpreted the ADA.
- Lawyers as Employers- Part 1
Lawyers as Employers: Hiring, Firing and Everything in Between.
- Overview And Update On Wind Pool Expansion In South Carolina
Earlier this year, South Carolina passed new legislation revising the system for providing windstorm insurance in the state. The new legislation is an effort to provide relief for some coastal home owners faced with exponentially increasing insurance premiums by impacting the private insurance market in such a way as to make insurance more affordable in the state.
- Premises Liability: The Exposure Your Business May Have Overlooked
Premises liability exposure arises in a variety of manners, from the slippery restaurant floor caused by food falling off the salad bar, to a wet floor at the bank’s entrance from the rain being tracked in by customers, to the attractive nuisance on a construction site created by building activities.
- Employment Law Update - January 2008
This edition analyzes the recent decision of the National Labor Relations Board upholding an e-mail policy that prohibited employees from using the employer's e-mail system to send “non-job-related solicitations.” This Update also contains a Benefits Alert describing a new Equal Employment Opportunity Commission rule allowing employers to coordinate retiree health plans with Medicare.
- Employment Law Update--December 2007 Special Immigration Edition
This edition gives a status report on the Department of Homeland Security's rule, announced in August 2007, addressing what employers should do upon receipt of a "no-match" letter from the Social Security Administration. Implementation of the rule was recently enjoined by a federal judge, and DHS is working on a revised rule. The article goes on to provide pointers on what employers can do in response to no-match letters pending publication of the revised rule.
- Employment Law Update - December 2007
The end of the year and the accompanying holidays often bring requests by employees for time off for the religious observances and requests to display religious symbols at work.
- Employment Law Update - August 2007
On July 3, 2007, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reinstated a decision it rendered in 2005, but later vacated, that employers cannot enforce a release of claims under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) unless the release has been approved by a court or the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL).
- Employment & Labor Law Desk Reference For The Carolinas
- Employment Law Update - January 2007
Amendments to Rule 26 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure pertaining to the exchange of electronic data during course of litigation went into effect on December 1, 2006.
- Employment Law Update - November 2006
National Labor Relations Board's Recent Decision May Mean More "Supervisors" for Hospitals and Other Employers
- Employment Law Update - October 2006
On August 17, 2006, President Bush signed the 900-plus page Pension Protection Act of 2006 ("PPA"), putting in place many reforms to federal tax and employee benefit laws intended to strengthen the nation's private employer retirement system.
- Employment Law Update - August 2006
U.S. Supreme Court Expands Anti-Retaliation Provision of Title VII
- Unemployment Compensation in South Carolina
New for 2006! A detailed guide to one of the most complicated and confusing areas of employment law – unemployment compensation.
- Employment Law Update - July 2006
Fourth Circuit Holds Employee Has No Automatic Right To Job Restoration Following FMLA Leave
- Employment Law Update - June 2006
Recent Decisions Highlight Importance Of Background Checks for Employers
- Employee Identify Theft: Employers Beware
Learn more about employers' obligations and responsibilities under state and federal law.
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 Education
- Wofford College, B.A., 1993
- University of South Carolina, J.D., 1996
 Bar & Court Admissions
- South Carolina
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
- U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina
 Civic & Professional Memberships
- Internation Association of Defense Cousel (IADC)
- Charleston County Bar Association
- South Carolina Bar
- Trident Literacy Association, Board of Directors
- Tri-County Human Resources Management Association, Board of Directors
- SC Bar Judicial Qualifications Committee, Committee Member
- Wofford Alumni Executive Council
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