* Currently only licensed in Arizona.
Alec is expert in restrictive covenant and trade secret litigation. He helps employers pursue and defend against injunctive relief. Additionally, he helps evaluate the protection of trade secrets and confidential information. He also has experience in pursuing injunctive relief in FINRA proceedings.
Experience
Alec represents clients in employment litigation in federal and state courts. Alec has significant repeat experience with injunctive relief matters involving restrictive covenants and trade secret issues. Alec has been involved in several dozen matters involving preliminary and permanent injunctive relief.
Alec provides counseling on numerous issues such as restrictive covenants, trade secrets, confidential information, disciplinary action, investigations, terminations, and manuals and policies.
Alec has handled matters under Title VII and the Americans with Disabilities Act. His experience extends to the defense of allegations of employment discrimination, retaliation, sexual harassment, and wrongful termination. He has an interest in the use of statistics and data to defend against claims of discrimination.
Alec has presented and written on a number of topics such as restrictive covenants in Arizona, the direct threat defense under the Americans with Disabilities Act, religious accommodations, Family and Medical Leave Act interference and retaliation, psychiatric and learning disabilities, and issue preclusion and agency decisions.
Arizona
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
U.S. District Court, District of Arizona
Education and Honors
- Iowa Law Review
- Clerkship: Honorable Robert M. Parker, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
- Externship: Honorable Robert W. Pratt, United States District Court, Southern District of Iowa
- Order of the Coif
- Note and Comment Editor
Professional Activities
- State Bar of Arizona (Labor and Employment and Appellate Sections)
- State Bar of Arizona (Executive Council, Labor and Employment Section)
- Industry Liaison Group - Los Angeles
- Industry Liaison Group - Arizona
In The News
- June 2011 - Phoenix Law Review - "Fifty Years of Restrictive Covenants In Arizona Law"
- 2011 - ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law - "Employment At Will - A State-by-State Survey, Arizona Chapter"
- 2006 - Arizona Employment Law Handbook - "Issue Preclusion and Agency Decisions"
