Brett Coburn is a partner who concentrates his practice on employment litigation and counseling. His litigation experience includes gender, race, age and disability discrimination suits under Title VII, the ADEA and the ADA, as well as FLSA wage and hour claims and FMLA interference and retaliation claims. His experience also includes the defense of collective actions under the FLSA and ADEA. He has litigated cases involving misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of employment contracts, violation of non-competition and other restrictive covenants, defamation, breach of employee duties, tortious interference and related customer and employee raiding claims.
In addition to litigation, Brett's practice includes drafting employment agreements, restrictive covenants and separation agreements; counseling employers on compliance with federal and state employment laws; minimizing exposure during reductions in force; assisting federal contractors in affirmative action compliance; defending against EEOC, OFCCP and U.S. Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division investigations and audits; and advising on employment-related issues arising in corporate transactions.
- Represented numerous clients, including one of the nation’s largest financial institutions, a national insurance and benefits provider, a national document management company and a temporary staffing company, in collective actions filed in Florida, Georgia, Maine and Mississippi seeking unpaid overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
- Obtained summary judgment in favor of a pharmaceutical bioanalytical services company in a multi-plaintiff case filed in Texas seeking unpaid overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
- Represented several large corporations in lawsuits seeking to protect trade secrets from misappropriation by competitors.
- Represented one of the world’s largest parcel delivery and logistics companies in defending numerous employment discrimination and retaliation lawsuits and charges.
- Represented a national fast-food restaurant company in defending numerous employment discrimination and retaliation lawsuits, as well as overseeing compliance with the nationwide settlement of a Title III ADA lawsuit seeking to make restaurants accessible to disabled patrons.
- Assisted with employment issues in a $680 million acquisition of a specialty medical device company by a leading global provider of medical products and devices.
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October 13, 2011
In The Press
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December 2, 2011
Publications
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May 11, 2011
Publications
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"Keeping Your Genies in the Bottle: 10 Steps to Protect Your Most Sensitive Secrets," Georgia Bar Journal, Vol. 14, No. 4, December 2008.
December 2008
Past Events
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June 29, 2011
Seminar
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February 23, 2011
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January 6, 2011
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October 6, 2010
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November 6, 2008
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July 28, 2008
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June 28, 2007
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