Labor and employment counsel grounded in business, finance and trial experience

Hans Riede helps clients understand the potential benefits, risks and costs associated with any potential employment or trade secrets litigation. He understands that business disputes are frequently inevitable and approaches all disputes with an open-mind, whether it’s going "all-in" on bet-the-business litigation or formulating alternative solutions amenable to all parties. When litigation is warranted, Hans is a fierce advocate for his clients, who include corporations, law firms, Am Law 100 lawyers, doctors, business executives and sports professionals, including one Hall of Fame NBA coach. His diverse educational background in business and finance, combined with extensive trial experience, enables him to provide bottom-line-focused advice on a wide range of topics, including:

• Trade secrets and defamation cases
• Class actions and collective actions
• Noncompete agreements and executive compensation contracts
• Employment law counseling and employment litigation and litigation prevention
• Shareholder derivative lawsuits
• Admitted as testifying attorneys’ fees expert

Hans is Washington, D.C., chair of the Labor & Employment Group.

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia
• Maryland
• Virginia

Education

• University of Richmond School of Law (J.D., 2007)

• University of Virginia (B.S., 2002)

• "Employment Law Interactive Training for Managers on Employment Law and Management Issues"
• "Pregnancy Discrimination Act"
• "Preventing Discrimination and Harassment in the Workplace"
• "The Fair Labor Standards Act and Related Wage and Hour Compliance Issues in the Workplace"
• An Overview of President Biden’s Executive Order on Non-Competes
• Biden Administration Updates Guidance and Extends Deadline for Vaccine Compliance for Government Contractors
• District of Columbia Expands D.C.’s FMLA and Unemployment Insurance Provisions
• Expect More Employment Discrimination Claims Under New Virginia Values Act
• Guidance for Federal Contractors Under President Biden’s COVID-19 Executive Order
• Hans Riede, Lynn O’Brien and Christian Yingling Author Valentine’s Day Article for HR Exchange Network About Workplace Relationship Issues
• New Whistleblower Law Offers Sweeping Protections to Virginia Employees
• Virginia Leads the Way in COVID-19 Occupational Safety Requirements by Proposing Emergency Temporary Standards
• Virginia Passes Law Prohibiting Covenants Not to Compete for “Low-Wage” Employees

Seminar

• COVID-19 Employment Law Issues - Prepare for the Next Phase
• Management Issues Arising from D.C.’s New Non-Compete Ban & Virginia’s Recent Marijuana, Non-Compete, and Wage & Hour Legislation
• Sea Change in Virginia Employment Laws: Be Ready for July 1