プロフィール
Jacob R. Dean is a member of the Labor & Employment Practice in Greenberg Traurig's Atlanta office. Jacob defends employers in litigation involving race, sex, color, disability, and age discrimination and retaliation claims. Representing companies in a wide range of industries, Jacob has appeared on behalf of employers in federal and state court, as well as before state boards and commissions. His experience includes wage-and-hour investigations and audits under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and defending class and collective wage and hour actions.
Jacob frequently litigates and counsels clients regarding restrictive covenants and trade secret issues. This work includes both pursuing and defending injunctive relief on an expedited basis, as well as representing clients in resolving these issues pre-litigation.
取扱分野
実績紹介
- Helped defend government contractor where a competitor claimed $4.73 billion in damages and sought injunctive relief that would restrict client from bidding on future contracts associated with the Army’s Blackhawk UH-60V helicopters. Following the filing of a motion to dismiss, GT secured a “walk-away” non-monetary settlement for the client without any agreement to the broad injunctive relief requested within the Complaint.
- Represented senior executive facing allegations that the client misappropriated a prior employer's trade secrets and confidential information. Prior to the preliminary injunction hearing, secured a “walk-away” non-monetary settlement.
- Law Clerk, Office of Alabama Attorney General, Constitutional Defense, 2016
- Legal Intern, Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, LLC, 2015
- Intern, The White House, Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs, 2014
- Intern, U.S. House of Representatives, 2012
受賞歴・所属団体
- Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, "Ones to Watch"
- Labor and Employment Law - Management, 2023-2025
- Litigation - Labor and Employment, 2023-2025
- Team Member, The American Lawyer’s “Regional Litigation Department of the Year - Georgia,” 2021
学歴・資格・言語
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法務博士, with honors, Emory University School of Law
- Pupil, The Lamar American Inn of Court
- Executive Symposium Editor, Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal
- 学士号, magna cum laude, Auburn University
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, 2017-2019
- Alabama
- Georgia
- Court of Appeals of Georgia
- Supreme Court of Georgia
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit