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Paul M. Navarro
Partner 
201 North Tryon Street
pnavarro@mcguirewoods.comCharlotte, North Carolina 28202 F: 704.444.8760    |
Mr. Navarro is a partner in the firm's Labor and Employment Department. He represents large and small employers, from multinational companies to local start-ups. He also assists buyers and sellers on employment matters related to an array of corporate transactions.
- Employment Counseling
- Working with businesses to implement best practices to effectively comply with employment laws, respond to personnel situations and avoid litigation.
- Helping companies protect their investment in their employees and information and advising them on non-compete and trade secret issues.
- Counseling clients during corporate transactions, restructuring efforts and reductions in force.
- Advising employers regarding executive contracts and compensation; applicant screening and hiring issues; compensation and benefits matters; employee leave practices; employee terminations; and employment policies and procedures.
- Investigating work place issues related to a wide variety of legal and regulatory concerns.
- Employment and Business Litigation
- Mr. Navarro has extensive experience in all phases of employment and business litigation in both state and federal courts, including e-discovery, depositions, trials and appeals.
- He has defended and prosecuted non-competition agreement, trade secrets, employee raiding and unfair competition cases; defended employers in race, gender, age and disability lawsuits; represented companies in cases related to pay and benefit claims; prosecuted civil actions against disloyal officers and employees; and represented employers in FINRA arbitrations.
- Regulatory Work and Government Contractors
- A large part of Mr. Navarro's practice involves helping government contractors implement cost effective and practical programs that comply with affirmative action regulations and representing clients during compliance reviews by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs.
- He also regularly represents employers in front of various other state and federal agencies, including the different divisions within the federal Department of Labor and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
- Named One of the "Best Lawyers in America," Woodward/White, Inc., 2009-2012
- Named a North Carolina Super Lawyers "Rising Star," 2011, 2012
- Member, Helms Mulliss & Wicker, PLLC, Charlotte, North Carolina
- Recruiting Committee
- Diversity Committee
- "E-Verify Requirements for Federal Contractors Delayed Until
September 8 ," WorkCite, June 11, 2009 - "A New OFCCP Record - Over $67 Million Obtained From Government Contractors in Fiscal Year 2008," WorkCite, March 9, 2009
- "OFCCP Announces New Quality Control Program and More On-Site Reviews For Federal Contractors," WorkCite, October 3, 2008
- "Responding To Employee Theft: How To Prevent The "Other Shoe" From Dropping," WorkCite, February 28, 2008
- "Between A Rock and A Hard Place: Protecting Employees Without "Regarding" Them As Disabled," WorkCite, May 17, 2007
- "Protecting Corporate Assets - The Departing Employee: The Effective Use of Non-Competes," WorkCite, March 30, 2007
- "Another Record Year for the OFCCP - Over $51 Million Recovered From Government Contractors," WorkCite, February 16, 2007
- "IBM Agrees to Settle Overtime Claims For $65 Million. Are Your Technology Employees Exempt?" WorkCite, November 30, 2006
- "Older Workers Benefit Protection Act:Another Age Discrimination Release Bites the Dust," WorkCite, September 14, 2006
- "Court Rules That HR Pressure Can Support Reverse Discrimination Claim," WorkCite, April 13, 2006
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EDUCATION University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia, J.D., 1998 Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, B.A., 1995 ADMITTED North Carolina 1998 PLACE OF BIRTH St. Louis, Missouri |