Parker Thoeni represents management in employment litigation in federal and state courts and in administrative proceedings before federal, state, and local administrative bodies. He also provides advice and counsel to employers regarding personnel matters. Parker represents employers in various industries, including healthcare, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, construction, professional services, and food services.
Parker litigates a broad range of labor and employment disputes, focusing on litigation involving employee mobility (common law tortious interference and non-competition and non-solicitation agreements), confidentiality agreements, and trade secrets, as well as wage and hour class and collective actions.
Parker advises clients on all aspects of the employment relationship, including reasonable accommodations, employee leave, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour, restrictive covenants, executive employment agreements, misappropriation of confidential, proprietary, and trade secret information, and development of personnel policies.
Parker routinely oversees and conducts internal investigations and provides management and employee training on a variety of labor and employment laws. He is certified by the D.C. Office of Human Rights to provide sexual harassment training, as required by the D.C. Tipped Wage Workers Fairness Amendment Act of 2018. Parker has been a frequent speaker on medical marijuana in the workplace and LGBTQ workplace rights.
Parker began his career with the federal government, representing management in labor and employment disputes.
