Thomas R. Bundy, III

PARTNER
Phone: 240-500-3595
thomas.bundy@lawrencebundy.com
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Thomas Bundy handles a variety of complex commercial litigation matters, including class and collective actions. He regularly represents Fortune 500 companies across the country in numerous trials, arbitrations and alternative forms of dispute resolution. His practice spans the spectrum of litigation areas, including labor and employment, real estate, government contracts, privacy law, product liability and insurance coverage disputes.

While his practice is commercial in nature, Thomas focuses on traditional employment issues such as: civil rights litigation, including discrimination and harassment; wage and hour disputes; whistleblower claims; trade secret protections; Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) litigation; Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Dodd-Frank compliance; and employment due diligence and audits. Thomas co-chairs Lawrence & Bundy’s Employment Group, which is at the forefront of defending employers against worker classification disputes, including federal and state wage and hour cases.

  • Obtained summary judgment for a large international paper-manufacturing company in a case seeking in excess of $10 million for breach of contract and misappropriation of trade secrets.

  • Represented aviation publisher in air crash claims cases.

  • Handled ERISA litigation for Fortune 100 company.

  • Represented large county school system in multi-million dollar ERISA class action.

  • Represented call service client in wage and hour and WARN agency review.

  • Represented large radio station in school harassment claims.

  • Served as coordinating counsel for a large transportation company in misclassification actions brought by state agencies.

  • Defended a financial services company in an ongoing FLSA collective action filed by a former insurance adjuster who alleged that the Company
    misclassified its adjusters as exempt, failing to pay overtime.

  • Represented a large energy company in an internal investigation and litigation of whistleblower and sex discrimination claims.

  • Defended a Fortune 100 company against state regulator claims of worker misclassification.

  • Represented a large insurance company in the Mid-Atlantic in employee benefits litigation under ERISA and state common laws.

  • Served as lead counsel for several Fortune 100 companies handling employee benefits litigation.
Panelist, Leadership Institute for Women of Color Attorneys (LIWOCA), Men Attorney Panel, March 2023

The Art of Internal Investigations; in-house CLE presentation, November 2022

Four Burning Questions about Medical Marijuana (July 2015)
Claims Magazine

Integrating the Cultures—and Employment Laws—of Your Multinational Workforce in the Global Economy (April 2015)
ACC Docket

BYOD and Social Media: An Employer’s Perspective (August 2014)
Financier Worldwide

Enforceability of Class Action Waivers in Employment Arbitration Agreements Post-Concepcion (Spring 2013)
Partnering Perspectives

‘Like’ It Or Not: Broker-Dealers And Social Media Access (June 28, 2012)
Law360

U.S. District Court Retroactively Applies Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Restriction to Bar Arbitration Provision in Employment Agreement (March 2011)
LexisNexis

Case Study: Arrigo v. Blue Fish (February 22, 2010)
Law360

Protecting the Contractor Model (Fall 2009)
Partnering Perspectives

First 100 Days and Labor Law (May 1, 2009)
Reprinted with permission from Daily Report

Lessons Learned From Worker Classification Cases (November 14, 2008)
Reprinted with permission Employment Law 360

Worker Misclassification: The Next Big Legal Concern? (Winter 2007)
Reprinted with permission from Employee Relations Law Journal, Wrights Reprints
Reviewing and Updating Your Employer Compliance Checklists (Spring 2013)
Partnering Perspectives


Professional Activities
  • Founding Member, D.C. Bar Foundation’s Young Lawyers Network

  • Board Member, D.C. Board on Professional Responsibility

  • Board Member, Council for Court Excellence

  • Chair, Hearing Committee, Board on Professional Responsibility for the District of Columbia

  • Former Fellow, Leadership Council on Legal Diversity

  • Former Chair, Young Lawyer Section, District of Columbia Bar

  • Former Chair, High-Tech Committee for the Labor and Employment Section, District of Columbia Bar

  • Former Chair, Host Committee, Young Lawyer Division’s Spring Conference, American Bar Association

Outside of his practice, Thomas is devoted to causes that are meaningful to him. He serves as General Counsel for the Board of Directors for the National Coalition of Minority Football Coaches. He also has given numerous speeches on the significance of diversity at symposiums championing inclusion.
PRACTICE AREAS
Business & Commercial Litigation

Labor & Employment
 
Class & Collective
Actions

Discrimination & Harassment Claims
EDUCATION
Howard University School of Law
J.D.

Towson State University
B.S.
BAR ADMISSIONS
Maryland
Washington D.C.
RECOGNITION
Best Lawyers®