Mark Stamelos

Experience

1. Partner

   FordHarrison LLP

   Jun 2012 — Present · Nashville, TN, US

   I represent businesses on their employment issues, including trade secret, non-compete and restrictive covenant disputes as well as defending employers against harassment, discrimination and retaliation claims. A stickler for responsiveness, I like to visit businesses, study their processes, see the facilities and learn how people do their jobs. I have particular expertise helping clients protect their trade secrets and other valuable business interests. In addition, I provide advice about or litigate issues related to restrictive covenants, such as non-competition and confidentiality agreements. I have successfully obtained and defeated temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions and permanent injunctions in jurisdictions throughout the United States for clients involved in the technology, healthcare, securities and financial services, transportation, automotive, electronics and advertising sectors. I also have litigation, arbitration, counseling and jury and bench trial experience involving a wide range of other employment-related matters, such as defending claims under state and federal law of unlawful discrimination and harassment,\"whistle-blower\" retaliation claims, wrongful termination claims and wage and hour claims, including multi-plaintiff, representative and class action lawsuits. Clients have come from myriad industries, including manufacturing, transportation, grocery and healthcare, among others. In addition to my litigation experience, I regularly counsel clients on their employment practices and policies. I have drafted employers’ handbooks, policy manuals, non-competition and confidentiality agreements and employment contracts. I am also a frequent speaker on a vast range of employment law-related topics. Earlier in my career, I was a federal judicial clerk for United States District Court Judge Elizabeth V. Hallanan, in the Southern District of West Virginia.

Education

• Capital University Law School

  JD, law

  1995 — 1998

• San Francisco State University

  BA, Psychology

  1989 — 1993

Skills

• Public Speaking
• Legal Research
• Corporate Law
• Employment Contracts
• Torts
• Trade Secrets
• Employment Discrimination
• Trials
• Legal Assistance
• Class Actions
• Unfair Competition
• Non-Compete Agreements
• Policy
• Legal Advice
• Appeals
• Civil Litigation
• Dispute Resolution
• Courts
• Arbitration
• Legal Writing
• Litigation
• Construction Law
• Employment Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Public Liability
• Mediation
• Trial Practice