AI Literacy, Workforce Training, and the Department of Labor's Framework

Sheila Abron is a partner at Fisher Phillips, where she is certified as a Specialist in Employment and Labor Law by the South Carolina Supreme Court and serves as Chair of the Firm’s Government Contracting, Compliance, and Reporting practice group, representing companies and educational institutions in matters ranging from hiring and discrimination to OFCCP compliance and wage and hour class actions. A recognized leader in both the legal profession and her community, she is a past president of the National Conference of Women’s Bar Associations, the South Carolina Women Lawyers’ Association, and the South Carolina Bar Young Lawyers Division, and has been honored with distinctions including the ABA’s Top 40 Under 40, the Leadership in the Law award, and consistent recognition in South Carolina Super Lawyers. Prior to practicing law, Sheila gained firsthand experience in employment matters as a store leader for a Fortune 500 retail company, a background that informs her practical, business-minded counsel to clients today.

Karen L. Odash is an associate in Fisher Phillips’ Philadelphia and Minneapolis offices, where she advises employers on a broad range of labor and employment matters, with a particular focus on the rapidly evolving intersection of artificial intelligence and the workplace as a key member of the firm’s Artificial Intelligence Team. Her practice spans AI compliance and risk mitigation, Title VII discrimination and harassment defense, restrictive covenant and trade secret litigation, and representation of clients in district and appellate courts, as well as hundreds of FINRA arbitrations. Before entering private practice, Karen spent a decade at a nationally recognized securities broker-dealer, rising to Director of Legal Programs, where she advised leadership on high-stakes employment issues and helped develop national risk management policies and workforce programs.