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Band 2

Labor & Employment

Alabama

15 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Arnold W Umbach III

USA

Practice Areas

Trip Umbach chairs the firm’s labor and employment law practice group. For over 25 years, Trip has represented both public and private employers in all types of labor and employment disputes, from defending discrimination claims to handling traditional union labor relations matters. He regularly advises clients concerning non-competition agreements and litigates cases both to challenge and enforce them. A significant aspect of his practice is helping clients make employment decisions and develop policies that reduce the risk of being sued by employees or becoming unionized.

Career

Trip is a Fellow in the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, he is Ranked in the field of Labor and Employment by Chambers USA,

listed in The Best Lawyers in America®, named a "Litigation Star" for the state of Alabama in Benchmark Litigation, named to Who's Who Legal Labour, Employment & Benefits. Trip graduated first in his class from the University of Alabama School of Law and was an editor on the Alabama Law Review. Following law school, Trip clerked for the Honorable Patrick E. Higginbotham on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Professional Memberships

A Fellow in the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers; Served as Vice-President, Legal and Legislative Affairs, Birmingham Society for Human Resource Management; listed: Best Lawyers in America; Mid-South Super Lawyers; Who's Who Legal Labour & Employment; and Benchmark Litigation.

Publications

Employment at Will, ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law.

Work Highlights

Defeated certification of an FLSA collective action brought by employees of an assisted living facility who claimed they worked through lunch without being paid.

Secured a favorable ruling from the Alabama Supreme Court affirming a Rule 12 dismissal for our client on Tort of Outrage and Wrongful Discharge in Violation of Public Policy claims.

Obtained summary judgment for one of the largest wood products manufacturers in a case alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

Won a jury verdict for a trucking company against a former truck driver’s claim that the company fired him because of his race and in retaliation for his complaints about his co-workers’ racial slurs.

Obtained numerous summary judgments for employers on claims of discrimination, retaliation, and state tort law.

Enforced an employer’s non-compete agreement with a former employee by obtaining a jury verdict awarding the employer lost profits and rejecting the employee’s claim of interference with his new employment.

Education

University of Alabama School of Law

J.D.

1989 - 1992

University of Virginia

B.A.

1984 - 1988

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