Brooke Duncan III

Practice Areas

Labor and Employment

Career

Adams and Reese Of Counsel Brooke Duncan III advises regional and national clients on a wide range of employment law issues, by partnering with them on their options while helping them stay consistent with their overall business plans. Brooke counsels employers in many industries, including hospitality, maritime, manufacturing, warehousing, education, the non-profit world, and even other law firms.

Brooke provides practical, proactive consulting with CEOs, managers and human resources professionals about problematic labor and employment issues. Drawing on his real-world workplace management experience, Brooke helps avoid needless legal entanglements and achieve positive employee relations.

He helps employers maintain union-free status, defending job discrimination claims, answering FMLA questions, understanding wage and hour regulations, resolving reduction-in-force issues, and complying with the myriad of workplace regulations and laws facing all employers. He develops and revises handbooks and policies, preparing employment agreements and confidentiality/non-competition contracts, and advising on employment issues arising from mergers and acquisitions. He also assists unionized employers, handling grievances and arbitrations, and collective bargaining agreements.

Professional Memberships

Society for Human Resource Management, New Orleans Chapter, Board of Directors; Louisiana Civil Service League, Board of Directors; Metropolitan Crime Commission, Board of Directors; New Orleans Police and Justice Foundation, Board of Directors; New Orleans Artists Against Hunger and Homelessness, Board of Directors; Louisiana State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section; Vassar College, Former Trustee; Louisiana State Police Commission, Past Chair

Personal

Prior to becoming a lawyer, Brooke gained practical business and management experience by running a factory that manufactured industrial fabric products. Brooke also served as a detective with the New Orleans Police Department, receiving several awards for outstanding duty.