Gregory Homer is a partner in the Labor & Employment Practice Group.
Labor and Employment Experience. Gregory has worked extensively with experts in statistics and labor economics in the preparation and execution of defense strategies and case analyses in complex class action and multi-plaintiff employment litigation, including several nationwide class actions. In addition to defending numerous individual discrimination and employment tort actions in state and federal courts, Gregory has both defended and prosecuted breach of contract claims, particularly in the context of injunction proceedings and enforcement of covenants not to compete. He also has defended actions brought under ERISA involving denials of welfare benefits and allegations of breach of fiduciary duty.
In General. Gregory co-authored Defending and Preventing Employment Litigation, an authoritative guide to help minimize employment lawsuits, published by Aspen Publishers, and The Model Employer, a comprehensive text on employment law, published by George Washington Law School.
Publications
7/25/2011, Defending and Preventing Employment Litigation
Aspen Publishers
Gerald Hartman, Gregory Homer
2/19/2008, FMLA Leave Expanded for Armed Service Member Families
Labor & Employment Alert
Gregory Homer
11/27/2003, Smoking Gun Control: The burden of proof for plaintiffs in Title VII discrimination cases just got a lot lighter.
Corporate Counsel
Gregory Homer
Speaking Engagements
7/19/2011, WMACCA Employment and Labor Forum
"Concepcion -- Class Action Killer or Hype?"
Gregory Homer, David Woolf, McLean, VA
5/11/2010, 2010 Staffing Industry Analysts Contingent Workforce Risk Forum
"Surviving an Independent Contractor Audit"
Gregory Homer, Washington, DC
6/4/2009, Latest Developments in Employment Law
Gerald Hartman, Gregory Homer, O'Kelly McWilliams, Jennifer Persico, Washington, DC