Parker E. Thoeni

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 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, 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.