Mark Mallery is the Founding Shareholder of the firm’s office in New Orleans, where he has practiced labor and employment law for over thirty years.
A problem-solver for employers, Mark has acted as lead counsel on complex disputes, including Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower claims before the Office of Administrative Law Judges; pattern and practice and class based claims prosecuted by the EEOC; collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act; and class-based discrimination claims with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Civil Rights Center. Mark has also litigated a variety of “intellectual property” issues, including disputes involving non-compete covenants, trade secrets, non-solicitation of customer and employee agreements, antitrust, confidentiality and proprietary obligations, fiduciary and loyalty duties, and the duty under the antitrust laws to refrain from “predatory hiring.”
On the traditional labor side, Mark has represented management in union organizing campaigns, collective bargaining, work stoppages and unfair labor practice charges. As an advisor to employers, Mark has developed employment practices and systems, has written contracts and employment policies and has trained managers on their implementation.
Mark was the Editor-in-Chief of the treatise, Employment Termination – Rights & Remedies (BNA and ABA, 2nd Ed. Supp. 2003), and has authored many other published articles on employment law issues during his career. He has spoken at dozens of national conferences on employment law issues, including the Georgetown Employment Law & Litigation Institute, the ABA Labor & Employment Law Section’s Annual CLE Conference, the ABA Annual Meeting, the Industrial Relations Research Association’s Annual Meeting, and the LIMRA/LOMA Compliance and Market Conduct Exchange.
Mark is a Fellow in the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers (inducted in 2009). He is also listed in Best Lawyers in America; Louisiana Super Lawyers; International Who’s Who of Management Labour and Employment Lawyers; Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers; Corporate Counsel, The Business Magazine for the Chief Legal Officer; Louisiana Life Magazine’s Top Attorneys in Louisiana; and New Orleans Magazine’s Louisiana’s Top Lawyers.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Mark N. Mallery
- SEC, Federal Regulators Target Employees’ Use of Text Messages, Off-Channel Communications - (Posted On Sunday, April 14, 2024)
- DOJ Official Cites Old West ‘WANTED’ Posters in Announcement of New Whistleblower Monetary Awards Program - (Posted On Wednesday, March 13, 2024)
- Supreme Court Rules ‘Retaliatory Intent’ Not Required for Securities Whistleblower Protection - (Posted On Friday, February 09, 2024)
- SEC Takes on Nondisclosure Agreements to Protect Whistleblower Program; Fines Firm $10 Million - (Posted On Saturday, January 27, 2024)
- SEC Fines Private Employer for Language in Employee Separation Agreements That Restricted Whistleblower Awards - (Posted On Tuesday, October 31, 2023)
- Corporate Compliance ‘Incentives’ Enter M&A World: DOJ Offers Lenience for Misconduct Disclosure During Deals - (Posted On Tuesday, October 17, 2023)
- Compelled Interviews Admissible in Criminal Prosecution Against Former Company President and Its General Counsel - (Posted On Wednesday, September 13, 2023)
- DOJ Unveils New Policy for Companies to Voluntarily Self-Disclose Misconduct - (Posted On Saturday, April 01, 2023)
- Louisiana Enacts Reforms During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Limits on Liability, Damages, and Changes to Evidentiary Rules - (Posted On Friday, July 31, 2020)
- Louisiana Governor Extends Stay-at-Home Order Through at Least April 30, 2020 - (Posted On Tuesday, March 31, 2020)