Tom Stanek is co-chair of Ogletree Deakins’ Traditional Labor Relations Practice Group. He is an experienced labor practitioner and corporate counselor with more than 20 years of experience advising companies and their executives, directors, and HR professionals on sensitive and significant labor and employment issues. Clients seek out Tom to strategize, train, litigate, and counsel their leadership teams regarding their most important traditional labor matters, employment litigation, workforce planning and training, and restrictive covenant and trade secret issues. Tom actively practices in both state and federal courts as well as in proceedings before administrative agencies, including the National Labor Relations Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Department of Labor, State Civil Rights Divisions, and other state and federal agencies. Tom represents companies across all industries, including healthcare, financial services, retail, manufacturing, agriculture, government contractors, and technology.Tom is also a member of the firm’s Unfair Competition and Trade Secrets Practice Group, where he devises state and national strategies for clients to protect business investments in human capital, trade secrets, proprietary and confidential information through non-competition, non-solicitation, non-disclosure, no poaching, anti-raiding, and confidentiality restrictive covenants and employment agreements. Tom maintains comprehensive knowledge of restrictive covenant and trade secret law throughout the United States, and counsels clients on related compliance issues. When necessary, Tom prosecutes and defends employers in claims and actions arising out of restrictive covenants and all other types of employment contracts.As a member of the firm’s Multistate Advice and Counseling Practice Group, Tom drafts employment agreements, arbitration agreements, separation agreements and other contracts arising out of the employment relationship for employers throughout the country. He also reviews and revises employee handbooks, policies, procedures and employment practices for legal compliance with applicable federal, state and local law.