Thomas Bundy, a member of Sutherland’s Litigation Practice Group, focuses his practice across the spectrum of complex commercial disputes. His substantive experience covers several areas including labor and employment, government contracts, privacy law, securities litigation, environmental and toxic tort litigation, construction law, product liability and class actions.
While Thomas’s business litigation practice is commercial in nature, his practice focuses primarily on labor and employment issues. He has represented employers, and even employees on occasion, in labor and employment matters in a variety of contexts including class actions. His experience includes litigating harassment, discrimination, retaliation and whistleblower claims, and advising clients on employment policies, restrictive covenants, trade secret issues, union-related issues and worker classification.
Thomas serves on Sutherland’s Hiring Committee.
PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS
- Recipient, Young Lawyer of the Year Award, District of Columbia Bar (2008)
- Recipient, Star of the Quarter Award, Young Lawyer Division, American Bar Association (2008)
- Named among Washington, D.C.’s top lawyers in the “Young Guns” category, Washington Business Journal (2007)
- Team Recipient, Outstanding Achievement Award, Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs for handling of a landmark disability rights case (2007)
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Member, Hearing Committee, Board on Professional Responsibility for the District of Columbia
- Former Chair, Young Lawyer Section, District of Columbia Bar
- Former Chair, High-Tech Committee for the Labor and Employment Section, District of Columbia Bar
- Former Chair, Host Committee, Young Lawyer Division’s Spring Conference, American Bar Association
RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
- Co-author, "Case Study: Arrigo V. Blue Fish," Law360 (February 22, 2010)
- Author, “Protecting the Contractor Model,” Partnering Perspectives (Fall 2009)
- Co-author, “First 100 Days and Labor Laws,” Daily Report (May 1, 2009)
- Co-author, “Lessons Learned From Worker Classification Cases,” Employment Law360 (November 14, 2008)
- Author, “Worker Misclassification: The Next Big Legal Concern?” Employee Relations Law Journal, Wrights Reprints (Winter 2007)
- Panelist, “The Internet, E-mail & Workplace Misconduct: Preventing and Litigating Harassment, Discrimination & Discipline Claims,” DC Labor & Employment Law Section Seminars
- Panelist, “Injunctive Relief in the High-Tech Era: Enforcing Non-Compete and Non-Disclosure Covenants,” DC Labor & Employment Law Section Seminars
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