Grace E. Hurney is a Member in the Firm's Labor and Employment and Litigation groups, focusing on employment litigation and traditional labor relations matters. She practices out of the Firm’s office in Charleston, West Virginia.
Grace represents employers in a wide range of employment matters, with a primary focus on employment litigation. Her practice spans a variety of industries, including healthcare, energy, utilities, and manufacturing. She regularly represents employers in cases filed in federal and state courts, as well as before arbitration tribunals, including claims of breach of contract, wrongful discharge, discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.
In her labor relations practice, Grace represents management in individual and class action grievance arbitrations and defends employers against unfair labor practice charges filed with the National Labor Relations Board and participates in collective bargaining negotiations. She also defends employers in federal court against claims brought under the Labor Management Relations Act. Grace’s representation of employers in labor relations matters encompasses multiple industries, including utilities, transportation, and telecommunications.
Grace joined Jackson Kelly upon graduation in 2015, and returned to Jackson Kelly in 2017 after serving as a law clerk to the Honorable Robert B. King of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, which provided her with invaluable and extensive legal experience and exposed her to complex appellate issues.
Grace enjoys reading, traveling, and cheering on the West Virginia University Mountaineers — and she mildly tolerates running. She furthered her life-long love of politics during her time as a student at Concord University, where she served as President of both the Student Government Association and her undergraduate sorority, Sigma Sigma Sigma.
