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Practice Expertise
Areas of Practice
- Complex Employment Litigation
- Crisis Management
- Energy
- Financial Services
- Food Industry
- Hospitality
- Labor and Employment
- Labor-Management Relations and Labor ...
- Retail and Consumer Products
- Unfair Competition and Employee Raiding
- Wage and Hour Class Actions View More
Profile
Crawford guides clients through labor and employment matters, including labor union organizing campaigns and strategies, internal investigations, and litigation surrounding non-compete agreements, trade secrets, discrimination, and wage and hour disputes, among other issues.
Crawford represents clients in various aspects of labor-management relations, including representation elections and unfair labor practice charges, and he actively assists clients in developing campaign management strategies and litigation responses to corporate campaign activities. In addition to his traditional labor practice, Crawford regularly represents clients in federal courts regarding allegations of employment violations including, but not limited to, employee misclassification, discrimination, restrictive covenant agreements, and ERISA.
Crawford actively assists clients with labor and employment issues that arise in mergers, acquisitions, and other corporate transactions. He assists clients with negotiating certain aspects of purchase and sale agreements, and he further advises clients on the WARN Act, non-competition and other restrictive covenant agreements, consulting and other ancillary transaction agreements, and general due diligence, among other issues.
Crawford is a contributing author to the Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives blog. Before joining the firm, Crawford served as a judicial law clerk to Judge Lynn N. Hughes of the Southern District of Texas. Crawford also practiced as an associate at an AmLaw 10 firm in Houston.
Bar Admissions
Education
JD, University of Houston Law Center, 2018
BS, Louisiana State University, 2015
Areas of Practice
- Complex Employment Litigation
- Crisis Management
- Energy
- Financial Services
- Food Industry
- Hospitality
- Labor and Employment
- Labor-Management Relations and Labor Litigation
- Retail and Consumer Products
- Unfair Competition and Employee Raiding
- Wage and Hour Class Actions
Professional Career
Articles
- OSHA Is Falling For You, Facility Executive
- Employer Best Practices For Biometrics Compliance: Part 1, Law360 Expert Analysis
- Biometrics Workplace Compliance and Best Practices for Employers, Lexis Practical Guidance
- Biometrics Workplace Compliance and Best Practices for Employers, Lexis Practical Guidance
- Employer Best Practices For Biometrics Compliance: Part 2, Law360 Expert Analysis
Blogs
C-Suite Compensation Center
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Hunton Employment & Labor Law Perspectives
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