Experienced Labor & Employment Law Attorneys

Our Labor and Employment attorneys advise employers across a broad spectrum of employment matters. We work proactively with business executives, in-house counsel, and human resources managers to address workplace issues before they develop into litigation. When litigation is necessary, we have the experience and resources needed to zealously represent employers in court while driving cost-effective resolutions of employment disputes. We also represent employers in a wide range of employment transactions and regularly advise them on workplace policies and procedures.

We work with employers in virtually every industry, including health care, real estate, banking, insurance, hospitality, retail, restaurant, construction, and nonprofit. As the largest Northern Virginia-based business law firm, we have particularly deep experience in the government contracting and technology sectors.

Our practice areas include:

  • Employment discrimination, including Title VII, ADA, ADEA, FMLA, USERRA, and state and local human rights acts
  • Employment termination, including furloughs, layoffs, and WARN
  • Noncompetition, nonsolicitation, nondisclosure, and other employment-based restrictive covenants
  • Service Contract Labor Standards, state and local wage and hour laws, FLSA
  • Employment agreements, incentive compensation agreements, separation agreements, and commission plans
  • Stock options, stock acquisition rights, phantom stock, restricted stock, 409A, Section 457, and other incentive and deferred compensation plans
  • Employee policies, trainings and handbooks
  • Employment litigation involving discrimination; termination; noncompetition, nonsolicitation, nondisclosure, and other employment-based restrictive covenants; trade secrets; tortious interference, business conspiracy, breach of fiduciary duty, and other employment torts; unpaid wages, commissions, and other compensation; overtime; whistleblower; and other employment disputes

Executive Counseling & Representation

The employment lawyers at Odin Feldman Pittleman, regularly represent senior-level employees and executives in a variety of employment matters. We can review documents before signing, as well as draft and negotiate agreements, including:

  • Executive compensation agreements
  • Employment agreements
  • Noncompete agreements
  • Restrictive covenant agreements
  • Severance agreements
  • Equity incentive plans
  • Stock option plans
  • Stock appreciation rights plans
  • Phantom stock plans
  • Performance share awards
  • Restricted stock grants

We can advise executives regarding their rights and alternatives in challenging employment situations, providing insights based on management experience to help in resolving corporate governance issues for the benefit of the corporate employer and the senior executive. When litigation is the best strategy, we can represent executives in state and federal court to further their interests.

Talk To An Experienced Labor Firm Today

At Odin Feldman Pittleman, we understand how important it is to resolve these issues both efficiently and correctly. Our firm has over 50 years of experience helping people. See what we can do for you by calling 703-218-2100 or by sending an email today.

Representative Matters

  • Defending an 8,000-employee, global logistics company against an Iraq-based, employee defection lawsuit involving multiple noncompetition, tortious interference, and other related claims in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
  • Defending a 65,000-employee, national insurance and financial services company against multiple discrimination and other employment lawsuits in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, and Maryland and Virginia state court
  • Defending a New York Stock Exchange-listed, national home builder against multiple discrimination, contract, and other employment lawsuits in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and Maryland state court, and in arbitration
  • Defending a NASDAQ-listed, national retail company against multiple discrimination, contract, and other employment lawsuits in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Superior Court of the District of Columbia
  • Defending a Northern Virginia-based information technology company against a USERRA lawsuit, including obtaining a defense verdict in a jury trial, in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
  • Defending a Northern Virginia-based government contractor against a former employee’s FLSA and False Claims Act lawsuit, including obtaining a defense verdict in a multi-day jury trial, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
  • Obtaining summary judgment for a Northern Virginia-based construction company against an FLSA lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
  • Obtaining summary judgment for a Northern Virginia-based construction company against a Title VII lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
  • Defending a Northern Virginia-based government contractor against an employee defection lawsuit involving multiple tortious interference, trade secret, and other related claims in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
  • Defending a Northern Virginia-based restaurant against an FLSA lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
  • Defending a Northern Virginia-based professional services company in a wrongful discharge and breach of contract arbitration
  • Representing a Northern Virginia-based software company in a noncompetition, trade secret, tortious interference, and business conspiracy lawsuit against its former chief technology officer and other former employees in Virginia state court
  • Representing a New York Stock Exchange-listed, national payment processing company on the employment aspects of its acquisition of a New York-based payroll processing company
  • Representing a Northern Virginia-based airport security company in a Service Contract Labor Standards audit by the United States Department of Labor
  • Representing a Northern Virginia-based restaurant group in a wage and hour audit by the United States Department of Labor
  • Representing a mid-Atlantic-based healthcare company in an affirmative action and equal employment opportunity practices audit by the United States Department of Labor, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs

Recognition

  • Best Law Firms, Employment Law – Management  (Tier 3), National, (Tier 2) Washington, DC, 2022-2024

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