Tony Torain

Ranked in 1 Practice Areas

Up and Coming

Labor & Employment

District of Columbia

2 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Tony Torain

USA

Practice Areas

Labor & Employment

Employment Litigation, Arbitration & Dispute Resolution

Management - Labor Relations

Government Contracts

OFCCP & Affirmative Action Plans

Class Action & Multidistrict Litigation

International Employment & Labor Law

Professional Memberships

Maryland Carey Law Alumni Board

American Bar Association

Associated Black Charities

- Board Member

Defense Research Institute

Maryland Defense Counsel

Maryland State Bar Association

Monumental City Bar Association

National Bar Association

Publications

November 17, 2022

Publications

Steps For 'Boys Markets' Relief For Unlawful Union Strikes

Author, Law360

November 11, 2022

Publications

ABA Labor and Employment Conference Panel: COVID-19 and the ADA: Where Do We Go from Here?

Speaker, American Bar Association

November 09, 2022

Publications

ACC NCR Fiduciary Duties When Dealing with Board Members

Speaker, ACC NCR

September 14, 2022

Test Used to Ensure Fair Housing Also Can Combat Hiring Bias

Quoted, Bloomberg Law

August 30, 2022

Publications

Contractors in ‘Uncharted Water’ With Narrowed Vaccine Mandate

Quoted, Bloomberg Law

July 21, 2022

Publications

District of Columbia Provides Employment Protections for Off-Duty Cannabis Use

Co-Author, Polsinelli At Work Blog

May 17, 2022

Publications

Collective Bargaining Strategies

Speaker, Lorman Webinar

April 2022

Publications

Affirmative Action Plans

Lexis Practical Guidance

April 2022

Publications

NLRA Unfair Labor Practices

Lexis Practical Guidance

December 7, 2021

Publications

Federal District Judge Enjoins the Federal Contractor COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Nationwide

Co-author, Government Contractor Update Blog

November 23 2021

Publications

D.C. Enacts Paid COVID-19 Vaccine Leave and Extends Public Health Emergency Leave Under DC FMLA

Co-Author, Polsinellli At Work Blog

November 19, 2021

Publications

New York Enhances Protections for Whistleblowers

Co-Author, Polsinelli At Work Blog

October 18, 2021

Publications

SCOTUS Tackles Impact of Three Strikes Law on Minors: Legal Insight

Co-author, Bloomberg Law

October 15, 2021

Publications

Boys Markets Injunctive Relief: Applying to Enjoin a Union Strike

Author, LexisNexis Practical Guidance

July 28, 2021

Publications

Ensuring OFCCP Compliance In Affirmative Action Plans

Author, Law360 Expert Analysis

February 1, 2021

Publications

Virginia Establishes Permanent COVID-19 Workplace Safety and Health Standards

Co-Author, COVID-19 Blog

January 22, 2021

Publications

Biden OFCCP Director Appointment Signals That More Pay Equity Enforcement is on the Horizon for Federal Contractors

Co-author, Government Contractor Update Blog

December 21, 2020

Publications

District of Columbia Bans the Enforcement of New Non-Compete Agreements

Co-Author, Polsinelli At Work Blog

December 2, 2020

Publications

Oral Argument in Edwards v. Vannoy to Impact More Than 100 Children Wrongfully Convicted by Jim Crow Juries

Quoted, Human Rights for Kids

November 16, 2020

Publications

Employment Litigator Joins Polsinelli in DC

Featured, ICLG

October 29, 2020

Publications

Strategies to Prevent and Avoid Discrimination in the Workplace

Speaker, Lorman Webinar

October 21, 2020

Publications

OFCCP Request for Information and Stakeholder Call Provide Additional Guidance on Diversity & Inclusion Training Restrictions in Executive Order 13950

Co-author, Government Contractor Update Blog

March 28, 2023

Publications

In-House Influence Podcast

Co-Host, In-House Influence Podcast, Washington, D.C.

October 20, 2020

Publications

OFCCP Updates Employment Referral Resource

Author, Government Contractor Update Blog

September 8, 2020

Publications

Maryland Enters Phase 3 of COVID-19 Recovery Plan

Author, COVID-19 Blog

September 1, 2020

Publications

Department of Labor Announces Annual Increase to Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors

Co-author, Government Contractor Update Blog

August 24, 2020

Publications

DOL Settles Gender Pay Discrimination Allegations against Boehringer

Co-author, Government Contractor Update Blog

August 4, 2020

Publications

New Executive Order Lays the Groundwork for Restrictions on the Use of Foreign Labor in Performing Federal Contracts

Co-author, Government Contractor Update Blog

July 20, 2020

Publications

Virginia Leads the Pack by Adopting COVID-19 Workplace Safety Rules

Co-author, Polsinelli at Work Blog

July 20, 2020

Publications

Virginia Leads the Pack by Adopting COVID-19 Workplace Safety Rules

Co-Author, COVID-19 Blog

July 1, 2020

Publications

OFCCP Touts the Success of its Early Resolution Procedures

Co-author, Government Contractor Update Blog

July 2020

Publications

Employee-Specific Arbitration Agreements: Could They Backfire for Buyers?

Author, The Polsinelli Pulse, Vol. 2

July 01, 2020

Updates

The Polsinelli Pulse: Mitigating Litigation Risk at the Deal Table and Beyond

July 2020

June 9, 2020

Webinars

An Update on the Changing Employment Laws in the DMV

May 4, 2020

Publications

Virginia Increases its Minimum Wage and Creates New Wage and Hour Claims

Co-author, Polsinelli at Work

April 17, 2020

Publications

Virginia Passes Significant Changes to State Employment Discrimination Law

Co-Author, Polsinelli at Work Blog

April 3, 2020

Publications

PwC Can Force Arbitration of Employee’s Race Bias Claims (1)

Quoted, Bloomberg Law

April 1, 2020

Publications

Stay at Home Orders in DC, Maryland and Virginia: What You Need to Know to Stay in Business

Co-Author, COVID-19 Blog

October 25, 2019

Publications

Scrutinizing the NLRB During the Trump Administration

Speaker, National Bar Association Labor and Employment Conference, Miami, FL

October 24, 2019

Publications

Preserving Your Culture through Employee Engagement and Communications and Compliance with the NLRA

Speaker, D.C. Charter Conference

September 19, 2019

Publications

Employee Rights as Protected Concerted Activity

Speaker, National Association of African Americans in Human Resources Meeting and Executive Speaker Series

June 7, 2019

Publications

Attention Government Contractors: OFCCP Update

Speaker, 2019 Mid-Atlantic Employer Conference, Bethesda, MD

Work Highlights

- Prepared and filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court of the United States on behalf of Human Rights for Kids, arguing that the rule against convictions based on non-unanimous jury verdicts in Ramos v. Louisiana should apply collaterally and retroactively in Edwards v. Vannoy.

- Member of a team that represented a major auto manufacturer in a successful campaign against the organizing of over 2,000 employees.

- Represent a major grocery store chain in the majority of their labor arbitrations with four unions in D.C., Maryland and Virginia.

- Defended a major civil rights organization in an unfair labor practice trial before the National Labor Relations Board.

- Defended a major grocery store chain against hybrid claims brought under Section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act.

Represented a car dealership in contempt proceedings filed by the National Labor Relations Board’s Contempt, Compliance, and Special Litigation Branch in the D.C. Circuit.

- Represented a security company in a National Labor Relations Board representation case involving joint employer allegations.

- Represented a private equity firm in a gender pay discrimination case before a Maryland Fair Employment Practices Agency.

- Obtained a favorable decision from the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, vacating the National Labor Relations Board and concluding that high school lacrosse referees were independent contractors and not employees subject to the National Labor Relations Act.