Daniel L. Thieme

Daniel L. Thieme is experienced in all areas of employment relations law. He has particular expertise in the areas of wage and hour law, executive and employee compensation, business sales and restructuring, employee intellectual property issues, employment agreements and policies, and discrimination law. With respect to wage and hour and compensation law, Dan’s experience includes: Wage and hour class action defense Overtime and minimum wage compliance Executive compensation, including equity incentives Incentive compensation plans With respect to business sales and restructuring, Dan’s experience includes: Reductions-in-force planning Adverse impact analysis Release of claims drafting and enforceability Older Workers Benefit Protection Act compliance Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act compliance With respect to intellectual property issues, Dan’s experience includes: Prosecution and defense of non-competition and trade secrets litigation Intellectual property protection advice Drafting non-competition and nondisclosure agreements With respect to employment agreements and policies, Dan’s experience includes: Executive contracts Employee handbooks Personnel policies Arbitration agreements and programs Representation of executives on contract matters With respect to discrimination law, Dan’s experience includes: Defense of discrimination, harassment and disability accommodation litigation Disability accommodation advice Pre-termination advice Leave rights Dan chairs the Incentive Compensation subgroup of the Wage and Hour Practice Group.