Mark J. Swerdlin
Phone: 410-843-3468
Fax: 410-752-8861
E-Mail: swerdlin@shawe.com
Mark has extensive experience defending employers with respect to age, race, gender, disability, and national origin discrimination claims, sexual harassment, wrongful discharge, and various contract and tort actions. His practice requires him to routinely appear before state and local administrative agencies, as well as federal and state courts throughout the country. Mark has prosecuted and defended numerous cases concerning the enforcement of Non-Compete/Non-Solicitation Agreements. In the traditional labor law area, Mark guides employers through representation and unfair labor practice cases before the NLRB and advances employer interests in collective bargaining and arbitration proceedings.
In addition to defending claims, Mark devotes considerable attention to counseling clients with respect to compliance with various employment-related statutes in an effort to avoid litigation, including wage and hour issues under the Fair Labor Standards Act and various state wage payment statutes, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and the federal Plant Closing Act (WARN).
While representing clients in many fields, Mark has particular expertise in the healthcare and hospitality industries.
Mark has spoken at numerous Bar Association seminars, and has authored many publications, including a law review article on the vesting of severance pay benefits, a law journal article on the enforceability of non-compete agreements, and the legal analysis section of a BNA special report on the federal plant closing act. He is also a co-author of the “Employment Law Deskbook” (1989, Matthew Bender). In addition, he is a Contributing Editor of the “Maryland Human Resources Manual,” and “Model Policies and Forms for Maryland Employers” publications of the Maryland Chamber of Commerce.
Webinar: Employment Law Issues Arising from the Pandemic & Managing a Remote Workforce
Mark Swerdlin and Lindsey White will present at the MSBA Corporate Counsel Institute on November 16
Mark J. Swerdlin Assists Major Food Manufacturer In Unionization
Best Lawyers in America© Honors Shawe Rosenthal
All Shawe Rosenthal Attorneys Recognized by Super Lawyers©
Best Lawyers in America© Includes Eleven Shawe Rosenthal LLP Partners In Its Inaugural 2021 Edition
Mark. J. Swerdlin Authored A Lead Article In The Maryland Auto Dealers Association's May Newsletter
Mark J. Swerdlin was a guest on the Employment Law Alliance’s podcast series
Shawe Rosenthal Attorneys Recognized by Super Lawyers
Best Lawyers Honors Shawe Rosenthal
Mark J. Swerdlin Defends Company Before District Court During COVID-19
Best Lawyers Honors Shawe Rosenthal Attorneys
The New Normal: Considerations for Resuming and Continuing Operations During a Pandemic
Mark J. Swerdlin and Fiona W. Ong conducted a webinar for hrsimple.com
Webinar Recording: Coronavirus in the Workplace and Families First Coronavirus Response Act
Article - Professors Are Not Automatically Entitled to Same Pay
Best Lawyers Honors Shawe Rosenthal Attorneys
Article - Mark J. Swerdlin authored “Professors Are Not Automatically Entitled to Same Pay”
Mark J. Swerdlin was quoted in the article, “Who Will Benefit from the Overtime Pay Proposal?
Shawe Rosenthal Attorneys Recognized by Super Lawyers
Mark Swerdlin and Lindsey White Won a Complete Defense Verdict
Mark J. Swerdlin authored “Supreme Court Finds Service Advisors To Be Exempt From Overtime”
Mark J. Swerdlin Authored “Start-up Businesses and Growing Companies: Key Employment Law Issues”
Best Lawyers in America Recognizes Nine Shawe Rosenthal Partners
Honor – Firm and Attorneys Recognized by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business
Mark J. Swerdlin won an arbitration for a skilled nursing facility
Mark J. Swerdlin Participates In ABA Roundtable on “What’s Next In Wage & Hour Litigation.”
Stephen D. Shawe and Mark J. Swerdlin Assist Company to Win Union Election
Mark Swerdlin and Parker Thoeni Win Dismissal of Federal Discrimination Case
Super Lawyers Recognizes Shawe Rosenthal Attorneys
Mark J. Swerdlin Wins Arbitration Case
Best Lawyers™ Recognizes Shawe Rosenthal Attorneys
News – Update on Persuader Lawsuit
Honor – Firm and Attorneys Recognized by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business
Article – "Trump DOL Asks For More Time In Persuader Rule Cases"
Victory. Mark J. Swerdlin and Parker E. Thoeni won a motion to dismiss on behalf of a credit union
Nine S&R Attorneys selected for Super Lawyers Annual List
Employees Reject Unionization in a Recent NLRB Election
Mark Swerdlin and Parker Thoeni Won A Motion to Dismiss on Behalf of Transportation Company
Overtime Rule Injunction Appealed by Administration
NLRB Eases Unionization Of Employees Referred By Staffing Agencies
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Animal Subcontracting – Getting the Union’s Goat!
We Sued the Department of Labor, and Now It Has Backtracked on the Persuader Rule