Name: Pandemic Unemployment Overpayments: The Sequel - This time it is Enforcement
Start: 2026-08-26T13:15:00-0700
End: 2026-08-26T14:15:00-0700

Pandemic Unemployment Overpayments: The Sequel - This time it is Enforcement

Wednesday August 26, 2026 1:15pm - 2:15pm PDT

Embassy Suites- Broadlands B

This CLE session examines another wave of pandemic unemployment litigation: aggressive enforcement actions by Departments of Labor seeking recovery of alleged overpayments. What began as administrative notices has evolved into full-scale collection efforts, often catching claimants—and their counsel—off guard years after benefits were paid. This program is designed for attorneys representing workers, claimants, and employers who now face garnishments, liens, levies, and court proceedings stemming from pandemic-era unemployment benefits. Attendees will learn how distress warrants function as powerful enforcement tools—often issued administratively rather than judicially—and how they authorize wage garnishments, bank levies, and property liens without traditional civil litigation safeguards.

Speakers

Trina Hughes

Trina Hughes is an attorney in the Oak Ridge office of Legal Aid Society of Middle TN and the Cumberlands primarily practicing in the areas of consumer, fair housing, and family law. She joined LAS in February 2020. Before joining Legal Aid Society, Trina worked as an elder law attorney... Read More →

Patty Sellars

Patty Sellars is an attorney with the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee & the Cumberlands, where she has served since August 2020 following her graduation from Nashville School of Law. She leads the Employment Practice Group at Legal Aid and chairs the Employment Law Task... Read More →

115 215 Sellars Hughes Handouts Sworn Statement Redacted pdf

115 215 Sellar Hughes Handout Order Granting Motion to Quash Redacted pdf

115 215 Hughes Sellars Handout OAR Appeal Redacted pdf

115 215 Sellars Hughes Handout Slow Pay Motion Form pdf

115 215 Sellars Hughes PUA Overpayments pptx

115 215 Sellars Hughes Handout Distress Warrant Redacted pdf

115 215 Sellars Hughes Handout Motion to Quash Form pdf

115 215 Sellars Hughes Handout Motion to Quash Redacted pdf

115 215 OAR Appeal Redacted pdf

Wednesday August 26, 2026 1:15pm - 2:15pm PDT
Embassy Suites- Broadlands B