Stephen "Steve" W. Mooney
Partner
Practice focuses on representation of employers in labor relations cases, including all aspects of equal employment law, National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) matters, development of employment policies and procedures, and executive compensation issues. Has served as lead counsel in a variety of civil trials, arbitrations and appeals nationwide; and, in particular, has served as lead counsel in more than 250 employment-related lawsuits. Has also tried cases encompassing premises liability, catastrophic injury and commercial transactions.
Representative Cases/Experience
- Successfully tried to verdict class-action lawsuit in Mississippi alleging claims of racial discrimination in hiring, promotion and termination.
- Successfully tried to verdict employment, commercial and personal injury lawsuits in Georgia, Tennessee, Florida and North Carolina.
- Successfully petitioned NLRB regarding the status of registered nurses as supervisors under National Labor Relations Act.
- Won seminal decision from the Georgia Court of Appeals involving libel and slander claims in the private sector.
- Successfully defended national pharmacy chain in wage-hour dispute concerning exemption of pharmacists from overtime compensation requirements under Fair Labor Standards Act.
- Has successfully obtained injunctions in both enforcing and prohibiting the enforcement of non-competition clauses in employment agreements.
Professional Activities and Honors
- Named Georgia “Super Lawyer” by Super Lawyers and Atlanta magazines in the category of Employment Litigation
Professional Memberships and Affiliations
- Defense Research Institute
- Society of Human Resources Management
- Georgia Defense Lawyers Association
Admissions to Practice
- State Bar of Georgia
- The District of Columbia Bar
- The Florida Bar
- State Bar of Nevada
- Tennessee Bar Association
- State Bar of Texas
- District of Columbia Court of Appeals
- Numerous U.S. District and Appellate Courts
Education
- B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1983
- J.D., Texas Tech University School of Law, 1987
Publications
- Author, "Profane, Sexually-Charged, Gender-Specific Language Can Give Rise to a Disparate Treatment Cause of Action," Labor & Employment Law News, Atlanta Bar Association, Summer 2010.
- Author, "Annual Eleventh Circuit Survey: Labor Law," Mercer University Law Review.
- Has authored several publications and been a contributing editor to the Personnel Law Manual published by the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, and is a contributing author to Labor Relations for Georgia Employers.
Speeches
- Frequent speaker at CLE seminars throughout the country on a variety of legal topics, including union avoidance, employment litigation, and the use of demonstrative evidence at trial.