Christopher C Marquardt

Practice Areas

Chris represents a diverse group of companies, sports organizations, and colleges. Clients hire Chris to litigate their complex business disputes, particularly those involving employees who leave a company to join a competitor, and to advise them on compliance with a wide array of employment and education laws.

Chris leads the Labor & Employment Group at Alston & Bird. He is a counselor and trial lawyer who prides himself on helping his clients solve complex problems. Chris has a diverse trial practice that focuses substantively on commercial litigation and a wide array of labor and employment matters. He also serves as outside general counsel to educational institutions.

Chris has litigated complex disputes for publicly traded companies, privately held corporations, small businesses, nonprofits, and individuals. He litigates breach of contract, trade secret misappropriation, employment discrimination, wage and hour, and tort cases with frequency, and counsels clients on compliance with federal, state, and local employment law. He negotiates collective bargaining agreements on behalf of unionized companies and handles administrative matters pending before the NLRB, EEOC, DOL, and Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights. He handles appeals in state and federal courts.

He was one of the leaders of Alston & Bird’s investigation into alleged misconduct involving the U.S. Men’s National Team for U.S. Soccer.

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