Parker E. Thoeni

Partner

Shawe Rosenthal LLP

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.

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.