Orlando partner Kevin Shaughnessy was quoted in the August 6, 2009, Workforce Management article, "Senate Confirms Sonia Sotomayor as First Hispanic on High Court."
According to the article, Sotomayor, who will replace Justice David Souter who retired this summer, carefully navigated through her confirmation hearings in July, revealing little about how she might rule in any area.
But she is likely to pick up where Souter left off on workplace cases, according to Shaughnessy. "She's going to take a more liberal viewpoint on employment issues," Shaughnessy said. "I don't see a sea change in the court's employment law decision-making process. She's essentially taking the place of a justice who would vote with the liberal bloc."