Chicago
Chicago
Brian Mead is an employment litigator and transactional advisor who leads McDermott’s employee mobility practice. Clients call upon Brian for his substantial experience prosecuting and defending employee mobility, restrictive covenant, and trade secret litigation cases across various industries including private equity, healthcare, professional services, technology and manufacturing.
Results
- Successfully litigated for a US healthcare provider on an arbitration related to dozens of employees violating their non-solicit and non-compete agreements
- Represented an employee of a trucking company on a non-compete issue before the Delaware Chancery Court
- Successfully affirmed a summary judgment for a manufacturing company on a discrimination case
- Successfully defended healthcare company against a TRO for claims of trade secret theft and breach of a non-compete
- Briefed the Fifth Circuit on a petition for rehearing en banc to issue a new, more favorable opinion for a national accounting firm
- Advising individual physicians on their non-compete and non-solicit agreements in the healthcare
Recognitions
- The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch, Labor and Employment Law – Management, 2022-2024
- Chambers USA, Labor & Employment, 2024-2026
Capabilities and Industries
Regional Markets
Credentials
Education
- Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, JD, cum laude
- University of Iowa, BA, with highest distinction
Admissions
- Illinois
Courts / Agencies
- Supreme Court of Illinois
- US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- US District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
- US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
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