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Evan Parness

Evan Parness

USA 2026

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Labor & Employment

New York

6 years ranked

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Provided by Covington & Burling LLP

USA

Career

Evan Parness, vice chair of the firm’s Employment Practice Group, has a full-service labor and employment practice that includes litigating cutting-edge issues at the trial and appellate levels, negotiating employment aspects of complex M&A deals and other business transactions, and counseling global employers on compliance with national, state, and local employment laws and regulations.

Evan represents employers and senior executives in non-compete, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, ERISA, and business tort litigation in state and federal courts, administrative agencies, and alternative dispute resolution bodies. He has secured significant trial and appellate victories for clients, including complete dismissals of discrimination and retaliation lawsuits, successful verdicts following trial, and injunctive relief on behalf of clients enforcing restrictive covenants.

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Labor & Employment - New York

Band 5
Band 5

Individual Editorial

Evan Parness of Covington & Burling LLP is a go-to lawyer for employment disputes, including trial and appellate proceedings.

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