Labor and employment representation and counseling on behalf of employers, with emphasis on the protection of proprietary information and the litigation of restrictive covenants; defended claims of trade secret misappropriation, breach of contract, defamation, fraud, retaliation, wrongful termination, sexual harassment, and race, age, gender and disability discrimination; counseled employers regarding personnel policies, wage and hour compliance, hiring, disciplining and firing employees.
Mark Underwood, President and Corporate Counsel With over 20 years experience in technology and the law, Consulting to Fortune 500 companies has dominated his storied career. Mark has always had a strong passion for all things technical. Working at companies such as Motorola, Chrysler, and NASA have sharpened Mark’s experience in consulting. Most recently Mark has been a leader in the mobile marketing arena, as he deleoped, with his "Vision Team" a special internal unit of GETMAR, new technologies for mobile delivery of the web with text only. They have developed applications and games and development tools for adaptive testing and distribution. Mark graduated from Beloit College and from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School.
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