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. 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 professional athletes. 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.
• The many impacts of COVID-19 on business operations and employees, including remote workforce policies, employee safety, family and medical leave due to COVID-19 or childcare interruptions, ADA accommodations, preventing discrimination and harassment related to COVID-19.
• Class actions and collective actions.
• Non-compete agreements.
• Executive compensation contracts.

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