Lynn Perry Parker

Lynn Perry Parker serves as general counsel to a variety of businesses, including Independent schools. She regularly drafts legal agreements and pleadings, and provides advice, counsel and training in good business practices, particularly regarding compliance with employment laws. Ms. Parker has significant bench and jury trial experience, in both state and federal courts, and in dealing with complex business-related disputes. She provides counsel and litigates matters related to discrimination and harassment in the workplace, wage and hour law violations, breach of contracts and non-compete agreements, and employment misclassification matters. In addition, Ms. Parker mediates employment and fair housing cases for a local civil rights agency. She has considerable experience in real estate and landlord/tenant litigation matters, and also serves in a variety of public education advocacy roles.

• Provide EEO training to all levels of employees, management and business owners
  
• Participated in employment law discussions on local cable programs, TV news and radio stations
  
• Regularly speak on employment law and good business practices in a variety of community and business forums
  
• Give civil rights/employment law presentations to high school students (Street Law, Law Day, etc.)
  
• Presenter: MICPEL Fifth Business Law Institute: Termination During a Recession: Be Strategic and Prepared
  
• Presenter: HIRING AND FIRING: How to do it Right! (Arlington, Virginia, 2003 & 2007)
  
• Presenter: Employment-at-Will (nonprofit association conference, 1992)

Analysis, creation and negotiation of documents such as:

• Employment and Independent Contractor Agreements;
  
• Severance Contracts;
  
• Non-Compete and Nondisclosure Agreements;
  
• Compensation Plans; and,
  
• Policies and Procedures for Entity Operations, including employee manuals, leases, licenses, vendor contracts and operating agreements

• Diversity and Demographic Changes;
  
• Equal Opportunity;
  
• Plagiarism;
  
• Testing Protocols;
  
• Internal Controls;
  
• Security;
  
• Internet Use;
  
• Discipline;
  
• Privacy;
  
• Governance; and,
  
• Student Rights

• Bar Association of Montgomery County
  
• Maryland State Bar Association
  
• Virginia State Bar Association
  
• District of Columbia Bar
  
• Legislative Committee of the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce