Thomas Bundy, a member of Sutherland's Litigation Practice Group, focuses his practice across the spectrum of complex commercial disputes. His substantive experience covers several areas including labor and employment, government contracts, privacy law, securities litigation, and product liability. While Thomas' business litigation practice is commercial in nature, his practice focuses primarily on labor and employment issues. He has represented employers, and even employees on occasion, in labor and employment matters in a variety of contexts including class and collective actions. His experience includes litigating benefits claims, harassment, discrimination, retaliation and whistleblower claims, and advising clients on employment policies, restrictive covenants, trade secret issues, union-related issues and worker classification. Thomas serves on Sutherland's Diversity and Inclusion Committee and Hiring Committee. Professional Honors and Awards · Named Founding Member of the DC Bar Foundation's Young Lawyers Network (2011) · Recipient, DC Diverse Partner Network, Outstanding Achievement Award (2010) · Named Legal Elite by Washington SmartCEO Magazine (2009) · Recipient, Young Lawyer of the Year Award, District of Columbia Bar (2009) · Recipient, Star of the Quarter Award, Young Lawyer Division, American Bar Association (2008) · Named among Washington, D.C.'s top lawyers in the "Young Guns" category, Washington Business Journal (2007) · Recipient, Outstanding Achievement Award, Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs for handling a landmark disability rights case (2007) Professional and Community Involvement · Member, Hearing Committee, Board on Professional Responsibility for the District of Columbia · Former Chair, Young Lawyer Section, District of Columbia Bar · Former Chair, High-Tech Committee for the Labor and Employment Section, District of Columbia Bar · Former Chair, Host Committee, Young Lawyer Division's Spring Conference, American Bar Association Recent Publications and Speaking Engagements · Co-author, "U.S. District Court Retroactively Applies Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Restriction to Bar Arbitration Provision in Employment Agreement," LexisNexis (March 2011) · Co-author, "Case Study: Arrigo V. Blue Fish," Law360 (February 22, 2010) · Author, "Protecting the Contractor Model," Partnering Perspectives (Fall 2009) · Co-author, "First 100 Days and Labor Laws," Daily Report (May 1, 2009) · Co-author, "Lessons Learned From Worker Classification Cases," Employment Law360 (November 14, 2008) · Author, "Worker Misclassification: The Next Big Legal Concern?" Employee Relations Law Journal, Wrights Reprints (Winter 2007) · Presenter, "Expanding Whistleblower Protections: Expanding Liability and Ethical Dilemmas," 37th Annual Texas Banking Conference (March 2011) · Speaker, "Selecting and Utilizing Expert Witnesses," 2nd Annual Council on Litigation Management Seminar in Bermuda (October 2010) · Speaker, "Protecting Your Confidential Information from Disclosure to Your Competitors," Texas Oil and Gas (April 2009) · Panelist, "The Internet, E-mail & Workplace Misconduct: Preventing and Litigating Harassment, Discrimination & Discipline Claims," DC Labor & Employment Law Section Seminars · Panelist, "Injunctive Relief in the High-Tech Era: Enforcing Non-Compete and Non-Disclosure Covenants," DC Labor & Employment Law Section Seminars Industries Retirement Products and Services News Sutherland Partner Thomas R. Bundy, III Named Founding Member of the DC Bar Foundation's Young Lawyers Network
December 12, 2011 Sutherland Launches WorkerClassification.com
Web Site Addressing the Classification of Today's Workforce.
April 28, 2009 Legal Alerts Legal Alert: New NLRB Ruling Curbs Arbitration Agreements, Raises Tensions with Supreme Court Precedent
January 19, 2012 Legal Alert: Supreme Court Rings in New Year with Another Ruling in Favor of Arbitration
January 12, 2012 Legal Alert: Illustration Disclosures Lead to Dismissal of Universal Life Insurance Class Action
November 29, 2011 Legal Alert: New Worker Classification Procedures Affect IRS/DOL Compliance and Enforcement Efforts
September 26, 2011 Legal Alert: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes: Supreme Court Reshapes Class Action Certification
June 20, 2011 Legal Alert: Tenth Circuit Rules That Title Insurers Did Not Violate Antitrust Laws Even If They Allegedly Conspired to Bribe the State Superintendent of Insurance
May 3, 2011 Legal Alert: U.S. District Court Retroactively Applies Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Restriction to Bar Arbitration Provision in Employment Agreement
March 11, 2011 Legal Alert: Second Circuit Holds Class Action Waiver Unenforceable in American Express Arbitration Agreement Despite the Supreme Court's Recent Decision in Stolt-Nielsen
March 10, 2011 Legal Alert: Cost of Insurance Litigation - Recent Ruling on Meaning of "Mortality Experience" and Other Developments
February 7, 2011 Legal Alert: Motion to Dismiss ERISA Retained Asset Account Claims Denied
November 22, 2010 Legal Alert: New York's Highest Court Approves STOLI Policy Sales
November 18, 2010 Legal Alert: Georgia Voters Approve Sweeping Overhaul of the State's Restrictive Covenant Law
November 10, 2010 Legal Alert: Federal Court: Egregious Facts May Permit Life Policy Rescission After Expiration of Incontestability Period
October 21, 2010 Legal Alert: Summary Judgment Granted for Defendant in Certified Deferred Annuity Class Action
October 8, 2010 Legal Alert: Annuity Surrender Charge/MVA Disclosures Held Insufficient in California
October 6, 2010 Legal Alert: New Whistleblower Protections for Financial Service Employees
October 1, 2010 Legal Alert: Court Rejects Suit Alleging Fraud and Negligent Design in the Sale of Universal Life Insurance Policies
September 30, 2010 Legal Alert: Eighth Circuit Affirms Denial of Class Certification in Fixed Annuity Interest Crediting Case
August 30, 2010 Legal Alert: Lessons Learned as Court Denies Motion to Dismiss FLSA Collective Action That Alleges Financial Advisors Misclassified as Independent Contractors
August 18, 2010 Legal Alert: Class Certified in Action Involving Annuity Sales to Seniors
June 30, 2010 Legal Alert: District Court Rules on Stranger-Initiated Annuity Transactions
June 4, 2010 Legal Alert: Supreme Court Holds that ERISA Does Not Impose "Prevailing Party" Requirement for Award of Attorneys' Fees
May 24, 2010 Legal Alert: Shady Grove: No Sanctuary for Federal Class Action Defendants
April 5, 2010 Legal Alert: Broker's Wage and Hour Collective Action Dismissed in Favor of Enforcing Arbitration Agreement
February 10, 2010 Legal Alert: Florida Supreme Court Ends Putative Class Action Alleging Numerous Florida Insurance Code Violations
December 1, 2009 Legal Alert: Ricci v. DeStefano: New Supreme Court Case Addresses Conflict Between Title VII's Anti-Discrimination and Disparate-Impact Provision
June 30, 2009 Legal Alert: Supreme Court Makes It More Difficult for Employees to Prove Age Discrimination Claims
June 22, 2009 Legal Alert: House Legislation Proposes Up to 12 Weeks of Annual Paid Leave for U.S. Workers
April 9, 2009 Legal Alert: Economic Stimulus Package Creates New Whistleblower Protections for Employees of Government Contractors
March 9, 2009 Legal Alert: President Obama Signs Into Law the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
February 2, 2009 Legal Alert: Fourth Circuit Rejects SOX Whistleblower Appeal Based on Employee's Failure to Show Protected Activity
August 11, 2008 Legal Alert: High Court Rules in Favor of Free Speech for Employers in Workplace Labor Organization Debate
July 1, 2008 Legal Alert: Pension Plan May Vary Imputed Service Based, in Part, on Age
July 1, 2008 Legal Alert: Supreme Court Addresses Conflicts of Interest in ERISA Benefit Claims - Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Glenn
July 1, 2008 Legal Alert: Supreme Court: Employers Must Prove "Reasonableness" in Age Discrimination Cases
July 1, 2008 Legal Alert: Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act Signed Into Law
June 16, 2008 Legal Alert: U.S. Supreme Court Allows Retaliation Claims Under Section 1981
June 2, 2008 Legal Alert: High Court Declines to Draw Bright Line on Admissibility of "Me Too" Evidence in Employment Discrimination Cases
March 3, 2008 Legal Alert: Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 Increases Federal Minimum Wage
July 23, 2007 Publications Protecting the Contractor Model
Fall 2009 Partnering Perspectives First 100 days and labor law
May 1, 2009 Reprinted with permission Daily Report Lessons Learned From Worker Classification Cases
November 14, 2008 Reprinted with permission Employment Law 360 Worker Misclassification: The Next Big Legal Concern?
Winter 2007 Reprinted with permission, Employee Relations Law Journal, Wrights Reprints Washington Lawyers, Young Gun
September 14, 2007 Reprinted with permission Washington Business Journal |