Thomas P.
Hubert
- Position
- Partner
- Office
- New Orleans
Thomas Hubert is a partner in the Labor & Employment Practice Group and a lead trial attorney for the trade secret non-compete team. Thomas is also a formally trained and qualified mediator.
Since 1989, Thomas has practiced primarily in the area of labor and employment law, as well as in areas that fall under more traditional commercial claims. Specifically, he has focused on business and commercial litigation, and labor and employment (including commercial contracts, Unfair Trade Practices Act, Trade Secret Act, covenant not to compete agreements, defamation, errors and omissions for insurance agents and stock brokers, directors and officers, and defense of homeowners' associations and boards of directors) in jury and judge trials throughout the Southeast, as well as in proceedings before administrative agencies. Thomas has handled hundreds of claims as a litigant and is formally trained and qualified to mediate complex cases as a neutral. Thomas recently completed training through the Mediation Institute and is qualified to register in courts and on independent panels as a mediator.
A majority of cases managed and handled by Thomas are pending throughout Louisiana, Texas, and Florida. Among the cases he has handled are multiple class action employment litigation, including race, sex, and Fair Labor Standards Act claims; individual discrimination claims; multimillion-dollar prosecutions of trade secret theft and enforcement of restrictive covenants; as well as claims of unlawful oppression of minority stakeholder, breach of fiduciary duty, and various cybersecurity protection cases.
Thomas is also a founder of and editor for the Trade Secret Insider, a legal blog committed to providing timely legal insights on trade secrets, non-competes, computer fraud, and data theft.