AARON L. DETTLING is a Partner in the Labor and Employment practice of Balch & Bingham LLP. Before entering private practice, Aaron served for two years in a Judicial Clerkship in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama. Aaron advises and represents public and private employers on issues relating to employment practices. Aaron’s areas of special experience include disparate impact claims, The Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures, and statistical and economic evidence of discrimination.
Together with other Balch & Bingham lawyers, Aaron represented the Court-Appointed Receiver of the Personnel Board of Jefferson County, and successfully led a multi-year effort to develop and implement job-related selection procedures for civil service employment. Aaron also represented the Alabama State Department of Education in its year-long effort to modify its consent decree governing teacher licensure testing, and is now assisting the Department of Education in the implementation of subject-matter testing in accordance with the No Child Left Behind Act and the amended consent decree.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
- Alabama State Bar
- Birmingham Bar Association
- The Federalist Society
- American Bar Association