Covington Taps DLA Piper Attorney to Helm NY Employment Team

Law360 covered Evan Parness’ Covington arrival in an article discussing his enthusiasm to contribute to the employment practice group and head that practice in the firm’s New York office.

“To help build out the team and build out an already very strong practice group was an exciting opportunity for me. I was very happy at DLA, I was not actively looking to leave, but this was an opportunity that was too good to pass up,” he said of his decision to join Covington.

Evan also discussed his approach to employment disputes and what he hopes to reflect in his practice, saying, “If somebody belongs to a protected class, oftentimes, unfortunately, there's sort of a knee-jerk reaction to assume that the protected class was the reason why they were terminated. More often than not, employers are doing right by their employees and making sure they have robust anti-harassment and discrimination policies, and are doing a good job of routine performance reviews or informal performance reviews to help mitigate against some of those claims.”