Mark N Mallery

Practice Areas

Practice Groups: Traditional Labor Relations, Employment Law, Litigation, Unfair Competition and Trade Secrets, Ethics Compliance and Whistleblower Response, Appellate, Mergers and Acquisitions, Drug Testing, Higher Education, Workplace Investigations and Organizational Assessments, RIF/WARN, Trial, Leaves of Absence/Reasonable Accommodation

Industry Groups: Hospitality

Career

Mark Mallery is the Founding Shareholder of the firm’s office in New Orleans, where he has practiced labor and employment law for more than thirty-five 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.

Professional Memberships

Council Member, American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Labor and Employment Law (2022-present)

Louisiana State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section

New Orleans Bar Association

Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI), Employee Relations Council Member; former Council Chair

Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, Right-To-Work Committee

Fellow, The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers

American Bar Association, Member, Labor & Employment Law Section, Section Publications Committee Chair (2011-2014)