Mark Stamelos represents businesses on their employment issues, including trade secret, non-compete and restrictive covenant disputes as well as defending employers against harassment, discrimination and retaliation claims.
Mark is the Office Managing Partner for FordHarrison's Nashville office. A stickler for responsiveness, Mark likes to visit businesses, study their processes, see the facilities and learn how people do their jobs. He has particular expertise helping clients protect their trade secrets and other valuable business interests. In addition, he provides advice about or litigates issues related to restrictive covenants, such as non-competition and confidentiality agreements. Mark has successfully obtained and defeated temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions and permanent injunctions in jurisdictions throughout the United States for clients involved in the technology, healthcare, securities and financial services, transportation, automotive, electronics and advertising sectors.
Mark also has litigation, arbitration, counseling and jury and bench trial experience involving a wide range of other employment-related matters, such as defending claims under state and federal law of unlawful discrimination and harassment, "whistle-blower" retaliation claims, wrongful termination claims and wage and hour claims, including multi-plaintiff, representative and class action lawsuits. Clients have come from myriad industries, including manufacturing, transportation, grocery and healthcare, among others.
In addition to his litigation experience, Mark regularly counsels clients on their employment practices and policies. He has drafted employers' handbooks, policy manuals, non-competition and confidentiality agreements and employment contracts. Mark is a frequent speaker on a vast range of employment law-related topics.
Earlier in his career, Mark was a federal judicial clerk for United States District Court Judge Elizabeth V. Hallanan, in the Southern District of West Virginia.