Patrick Bannon
USA Guide 2024
Band 3 : Labor & Employment
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617-946-4987Share profile
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About
Provided by Patrick Bannon
Practice Areas
(a) Defense of wage-and-hour cases, including: class and collective actions; suits by employees who claim they were wrongly treated as overtime exempt; claims by independent contractors who allege they should have been treated as employees; and actions by employees claiming that they were required to work off-the-clock. (b) Creation and enforcement of arbitration agreements. (c) Employee compensation advice, including advice about: equity compensation, commission plans, bonuses, and determining overtime-exempt or overtime-eligible status. (d) Drafting and negotiating employment agreements, including executive employment agreements, separation agreements and non-competition agreements. (e) Advice about employee performance management, leaves of absence, requests for accommodation, and discipline and termination.
Professional Memberships
ABA, L&E Section (speaker and member); Massachusetts Bar Association, Vice-Chair, L&E Section (2003-2004).
Publications
“No Hypocrisy In Getting To The Merits: Why Good Companies Want Arbitration—But Not Mass Arbitration—Of Employment Disputes” WLF Backgrounder (2022); "OT for IT: Which Information Technology Employees Are Entitled to Overtime Pay?" 42 Compensation &Benefits Review 142 (2010);"Bill Would Allow Unions to Expand At All Costs," Boston Globe (1/18/09).
Personal
JD, Stanford Law School, with distinction; AB, Harvard College, magna cum laude.
Chambers Review
USA
Patrick Bannon is best known for his litigation and arbitration skills, most notably in the area of wage and hour disputes.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is a very effective litigator."
"He is a sophisticated and quality writer."
"He is a very effective litigator."
"He is a sophisticated and quality writer."
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