Evan
H.
Pontz
Partner
Atlanta
Business Phone:
404.885.3518
Business Fax:
404.962.6656
evan.pontz@troutmansanders.com
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Evan specializes in employment and labor law matters, including employment discrimination litigation, traditional labor law issues, compliance counseling and preventative training.
Representative Experience
Represents companies in employment discrimination litigation involving sex, race, age, disability, sexual harassment, FMLA leave issues, wage and hour matters and state law tort claims.
Represent clients in labor arbitrations, contract negotiations and advise clients in dealing with existing or potential unions.
Counsels clients large and small on various issues of labor and employment law.
Provides training and counseling for management employees of companies in complying with federal and state employment laws and regulations.
Publications
“What a Difference ADEA Makes: Why Disparate Impact Theory Should Not Apply to the Age Discrimination in Employment Act,” 74 North Carolina Law Review 267 (1995).
“The Cost of Union-Management Cooperation: Criminal Sanctions for Employer Business Entertainment of Union Officials,” Labor Law Journal, December 1997, pp. 726-37 (co-authored with Christopher S. Miller, Ph.D.).
Other Distinctions
Listed as a Georgia Leading Lawyer in Labor & Employment (2011) and as an Up and Coming attorney (2009-2010) by Chambers USA
Selected as a Georgia Rising Star in Employment Litigation by Law & Politics and Atlanta Magazine (2005, 2007, 2009 and 2010)
Work Experience
Partner, Troutman Sanders LLP, 2004-present
Associate, Troutman Sanders LLP, 1996-2003