Gavin S. Appleby advises and represents employers in a broad range of employment law matters, from defending single-plaintiff and class action employment cases to offering advice on difficult employment issues and labor relations matters. He also has significant experience with:

• Union avoidance
• Defending union campaigns
• Arbitrations and mediations
• Conducting investigations
• Compliance and auditing
• Labor negotiations
• Pre-employment testing
• Equal employment opportunity laws
• Affirmative action and diversity
• The Americans with Disabilities Act
• The Family and Medical Leave Act
• The National Labor Relations Board
• European Union labor laws
• Brazilian laws
• Whistleblowing laws

Gavin has significant knowledge of drug testing and sports anti-doping matters. He has tried cases in 20 different states and regularly appears before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, and the Department of Labor as well as many state agencies. A member of the professional tennis Anti-Doping Review Board, Gavin co-authored professional tennis' anti-doping rules and successfully defended sports federations in international drug hearings. He has also published numerous articles on employment and labor law issues, ranging from union avoidance to dealing with problem employees.

Gavin counsels clients in U.S. and foreign ethics matters, codes of conduct and codes of social responsibility. Additionally, he consults with employers on human resource practices, including:

• Establishing ADR processes
• Developing systems for providing better and more effective advice to managers
• Instituting programs aimed at early resolution of employment problems

Renowned as an exemplary employment law and diversity trainer, Gavin is a featured training expert in employment law at the Institute for Applied Management and Law. He has developed legally-defensible diversity programs, created numerous interactive training programs and trained thousands of human resources professionals and operations managers across the country.

Gavin often works with clients in the following industries:

• Manufacturing
• Healthcare
• Sports
• Financial services
• Retail

The chair of Corporate Audit Services, Gavin also serves as the chair of Littler Mendelson's diversity practices. Previously, he worked for other law firms and as Chief Employment and Litigation Counsel at a consumer paper products company. He served as an adjunct professor of labor law at Georgia State University School of Law.

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS

• Member, Committee on the Development of the Law under the National Labor Relations Act - American Bar Association
• Member, Anti-Doping Review Board - International Tennis Federation
• Member, Anti-Doping Review Board - ATP Tour
• Member, Anti-Doping Review Board - WTA Tour

RECOGNITION

• Named, Best Lawyers in America, 2010-2012