Parker E. Thoeni

• Won a motion to dismiss in federal court on behalf of a skilled nursing facility. The plaintiffs had alleged that the client was liable as a successor entity for its predecessor’s alleged delinquent employee fringe benefit contributions. The court agreed that plaintiffs did not allege sufficient facts to establish that the client was on notice of the liability prior to its purchase of its predecessor’s assets.
• Successfully defended an FLSA wage and hour and wrongful discharge case in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.  The case, brought by a former employee against a for-profit education institute, was dismissed after the employee failed to pay monetary sanctions ordered by the Court for her destruction of evidence.
• Won a motion to dismiss in federal district court on behalf of a healthcare employer. The judge found that the plaintiff had failed to allege facts that established a plausible claim for hostile work environment or unlawful retaliation.
• Won a motion to dismiss defamation claims brought by two former company employees. The federal court found that the company’s internal communications about possible fraud by the employees were lawful.
• Won a partial motion to dismiss in federal court on behalf of a senior living facility. The court agreed that the employee had failed to file the required charge of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) as to her claims of discrimination on the basis of her genetic information and disability, as well as her retaliation claim. Although she had filed a charge alleging failure to provide a religious accommodation, her other claims were not sufficiently related to that claim to meet the charge prerequisite.
• Successfully obtained summary judgment for a non-profit. At issue was the regular rate of pay for employees working in different positions. The organization compensated the plaintiffs’ work in each position at different rates, which the plaintiffs argued was a way to circumvent paying employees correctly; however, the federal court found the organization’s method of calculating pay to be lawful.
• Won a partial motion to dismiss in federal court by establishing that the customer and employee non-solicitation provisions in an employee’s restrictive covenants agreement with her former employer were overbroad and, therefore, unenforceable.
• The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4^th Circuit affirmed a summary judgment victory on behalf of a casket company. The trial court had dismissed the plaintiff’s claims of discrimination as being outside the scope of the plaintiff’s charge of discrimination filed with the EEOC.
• Won a motion to dismiss on behalf of a credit union in a case in which an unsuccessful applicant alleged negligent hiring, supervision, and retention by the employer of the hiring manager. The Circuit Court for Baltimore City found that the applicant’s claim was untimely filed, and therefore barred by the statute of limitations.

Education

• J.D., cum laude, American University Washington College of Law, 2008
• B.A., Franklin and Marshall College, 2005

Admission to Practice

• Maryland
• District of Columbia
• U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

• American Bar Association
• Maryland State Bar Association
• Hearing Committee for the District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility
• Board of the Conflict Resolution Center of Baltimore County
• Former co-chair of the Trade Secrets subcommittee of the Business Torts and Unfair Competition Committee of the Litigation Section of the American Bar Association.

• Chambers USA (2020-2024)
• Chambers and Partners – Up and Coming (2020)
• Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® – Labor and Employment (2020-2025)
• Super Lawyers^©2022 – 2024
• Super Lawyers Rising Star (2016-2018)
• Department of Justice Public Service Award (2012)