Parker E. Thoeni
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Parker E. Thoeni
Phone: 410-843-3466
Fax: 410-752-8861
E-Mail: thoeni@shawe.com
Parker Thoeni represents management in employment litigation in state and federal courts, and in administrative proceedings before federal, state, and local administrative bodies. Parker also provides advice and counsel to employers regarding personnel matters.
Parker litigates a broad range of labor and employment disputes; he focuses the majority of his time 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 employee leave, reasonable accommodations, discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, wages and hours, 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 both management and employee training on a variety of labor and employment laws. Parker has been a frequent speaker on medical marijuana in the workplace, as well as LGBTQ workplace rights. Parker represents employers in a variety of industries, including healthcare and pharmaceuticals, construction, professional services, food services, and manufacturing.
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Before joining Shawe Rosenthal, Parker worked for a national labor and employment law firm. Parker began his career with the federal government representing management in labor and employment disputes.
Parker received his B.A. in Mathematics from Franklin & Marshall College and his J.D. from American University Washington College of Law, cum laude, where he was an editor of the Business Law Brief, a member of the Moot Court Honor Society Executive Board, and the Director of the National High School Moot Court Competition.
Practice Areas
- Unfair Competition, Restrictive Covenants and Trade Secrets Litigation
- Wage and Hour Compliance and Litigation
- Employment Litigation, including complex Class and Collective Actions
- Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation
- FMLA/ADA/Workers’ Compensation Leave Management
- Whistleblower Actions
- Human Resources Advice and Counseling
- Personnel Policies, Procedures and Handbooks
- Grievance and Labor Arbitration
Honors
- Chambers and Partners (Up and Coming), 2020
- Best Lawyers (Litigation- Labor and Employment), 2020
- Super Lawyers (Rising Stars), 2016-2018
- Department of Justice Public Service Award, 2012
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Maryland State Bar Association
Education
- American University Washington College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2008
- Franklin and Marshall College, B.A., 2005
Bar Admissions
- Maryland and District of Columbia
- United States District Court for the District of Maryland
- United States Courts of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
News
NEWS
Best Lawyers in America© Includes Eleven Shawe Rosenthal LLP Partners In Its Inaugural 2021 Edition
Parker E. Thoeni Was A Guest Speaker For An Employment Law Alliance Podcast
Teresa D. Teare presented a webinar, “Vaccinations in the Workplace: A Legal Perspective”
Best Lawyers Honors Shawe Rosenthal
Best Lawyers Honors Shawe Rosenthal Attorneys
Parker Thoeni to Present at LifeSpan Network's Annual Conference
Parker E. Thoeni and Lindsey A. White Won a Dismissal
Complimentary Webinar – Transgender Issues in the Workplace
Victory – Teresa Teare and Parker Thoeni Win Dismissal of Case
Mark Swerdlin and Parker Thoeni Win Dismissal of Federal Discrimination Case
hrsimple.com Webinar – “Marijuana in the Workplace.”
Super Lawyers Recognizes Shawe Rosenthal Attorneys
Article – "Is Setting Pay Based on Prior Salary the Same as Setting Pay Based on Sex?"
Victory - Parker E. Thoeni Won a Case for a Manufacturing Client in Federal Court
Webinar – "Managing Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases in the Workplace."
News – Update on Persuader Lawsuit
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
Shawe Rosenthal and Seven of Our Individual Attorneys Recognized by Super Lawyers
Making Sure Employment Decisions Comply with the Law.
Mark Swerdlin and Parker Thoeni Won A Motion to Dismiss on Behalf of Transportation Company
Publications
D.C. Bans (Almost All) Non-Compete Agreements
New York Court Vacates Portion of DOL’s Joint Employer Rule
NLRB Catches Up To The #MeToo and #BLM Movements
NLRB Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Joint Employment- “We Reject Maintaining the Status Quo”
Court Finds DOL’s New Persuader Rule “Flawed”
Article – “Is Setting Pay Based on Prior Salary the Same as Setting Pay Based on Sex?”
Don’t Access My Emails And Tell Me It’s Legal
We Sued the Department of Labor, and Now It Has Backtracked on the Persuader Rule
NEWS & EVENTS
We are delighted to announce that all of our partners were listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2022, an extremely rare accomplishment
Bruce S. Harrison, Eric Hemmendinger, Darryl G. McCallum, J. Michael McGuire, Fiona W. Ong, Stephen D. Shawe, Gary L. Simpler, Mark J. Swerdlin, Teresa D. Teare, Parker E. Thoeni, Elizabeth Torphy-Donzella
Chad M. Horton was a speaker for the Employment Law Alliance’s August 12, 2021 webinar, “Challenging Health and Safety Issues in a Unionized Environment.”
The presentation addressed what employers can do to keep pace with rapid changes in health and safety when bargaining and administering labor agreements in an organized workplace. The webinar recording
Parker E. Thoeni was named a co-leader for the Employment Law Alliance’s Trade Secrets and Restrictive Covenants group
ELA is a global alliance of preeminent labor and employment firms, of which Shawe Rosenthal is the Maryland member.
Veronica Yu Welsh won a motion to dismiss for a private medical practice
Veronica Yu Welsh won a motion to dismiss for a private medical practice that was being sued for discrimination. The court agreed that the plaintiff had failed to state a
Chad M. Horton won an arbitration for an alcoholic beverage company
The arbitrator agreed that the Company discharged an employee for cause who lied during the Company’s contact tracing investigation following his positive COVID test result.
J. Michael McGuire won an arbitration for an energy company
The union alleged that the company had violated the collective bargaining agreement when it began pro-rating the annual incentive payment for employees who were not actively at work. The arbitrator
Chad M. Horton Was A Guest Speaker For An Employment Law Alliance Podcast
Chad M. Horton was a guest speaker for the Employment Law Alliance’s podcast series, Episode 284: Safety Measures and Mandatory Vaccines in a Unionized Environment. The podcast can be accessed
Parker Thoeni and Lindsey White authored “Employer Mandatory Vaccination Policies in the Time of COVID-19: Practical Considerations for Employers, Particularly Those in Healthcare”
Parker E. Thoeni and Lindsey A. White authored “Employer Mandatory Vaccination Policies in the Time of COVID-19: Practical Considerations for Employers, Particularly Those in Healthcare,” which was published in the
Webinar: “The ‘New Normal’ of Remote Work? What Employers Need to Know” presented by Fiona Ong and Parker Thoeni
The “New Normal” of Remote Work? What Employers Need to Know.” On July 21, 2021, Fiona W. Ong and Parker E. Thoeni presented this webinar on behalf of hrsimple.com, the