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Experience

• Represents employers in employment-related litigation in federal and state courts in Virginia
• Has been counsel of record in over 60 employment cases in the Western District of Virginia
• Successfully defended companies in over 150 EEOC charges alleging various forms of harassment, discrimination and/or retaliation
• Frequently advises companies on termination, severance, and layoff situations
• Prevailed in labor arbitration upholding management right to modify union employee's work schedule
• Successful defense of College in case in which student challenged suspension decision pursuant to College's Student Conduct Code
• Achieved favorable resolution of ADA termination lawsuit filed in Virginia Federal Court
• Prosecution of business competition, trade secret, and business conspiracy case filed against global corporation who hired executive with various restrictive convenants
• Obtained dismissal of FMLA claim investigated by DOL
• Favorable resolution of a non-compete and non-solicitation case filed against a corporation and a newly-hired employee
• Favorable early resolution of an ADA termination lawsuit filed against company by a senior executive
• Successful defense in labor arbitration of management's right to demote a union president
• Attained summary dismissal of race and age discrimination case
• Expediently resolved purported FLSA collective action case filed against a construction company
• Achieved early resolution of challenging federal whistleblower claim filed against corporation
• Obtained summary judgment for nation's largest retail pharmacy chain in ADA disability discrimination lawsuit
• Represented one of the world's leading wealth management companies that was sued in a non-compete case in Virginia
• Successfully prosecuted trade secrets case resulting in $245,000 settlement for local manufacturer
• Persuaded court to dismiss a noncompete and trade secret action filed against an employer that hired a key employee
• Obtained summary judgment in sex discrimination lawsuit filed against global retailer with operation in Virginia
• Procured summary judgment for Fortune 100 insurer in a race discrimination case filed in Roanoke
• Retained by Executive Officer of Fortune 500 retailer to negotiate his executive employment contract with the Company
• Successfully represented management in several Union labor arbitration cases involving discharge or contract interpretation issues
• Acquired summary judgment for local college in tenure denial case
• Obtained summary judgment in ADA disability discrimination case against national bank
• Achieved partial summary judgment for Fortune 500 automotive supplier in sexual harassment and retaliation case
• Obtained defense verdict for local sheriff in race discrimination lawsuit; defense verdict affirmed on appeal
• Procured dismissal of wrongful termination case filed against health care employer by terminated nurse
• Obtained summary judgment for Fortune 500 company in Title VII equal pay case
• Procured summary judgment for employer in FLSA overtime lawsuit
• Represented several local businesses faced with Union organizing efforts and/or campaigns.
• Successfully conciliated case against local construction company in which EEOC had found "cause" in support of EEOC charge
• Obtained preliminary injunction for local software company in trade secrets and business conspiracy case
• Successfully represented local utility company as to several unfair labor practice allegations filed against it with the National Labor Relations Board
• Mediated employment-related cases on behalf of local companies in this region
• Obtained dismissal of Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) case filed against one of the nation's largest food service distribution companies
• Achieved summary judgment in ADEA case arising out of reduction in force by local manufacturer
• Negotiated conciliation of EEOC religious discrimination charge on behalf of large fast food restaurant
• Successful defense of company in non-compete case in which company hired valuable executive from a competitor
• Favorable resolution of trade secrets and business competition case of behalf of a company who sued departing employees and their new employer
• Dismissal of ADA termination case filed against company by executive with alleged alcohol problems

Education

• University of Notre Dame Law School: J.D. cum laude, 1989
• College of William and Mary: B.A. 1986