Todd Horn is one of the foremost employment lawyers in the nation and was selected by Best Lawyers in America as the 2011 “Lawyer of the Year” for Labor and Employment Law in Maryland.

Mr. Horn is the co-author with Stanley Mazaroff of the comprehensive legal treatise, Maryland Employment Law (Lexis 2010), which judges and other attorneys have cited as a leading reference for two decades.

With more than 20 years of courtroom experience in complex cases, Mr. Horn is ranked as a “Band 1” Employment Lawyer in Maryland by Chambers USA, which reported that he ”is admired as a fantastic litigator -- one of the best in the courtroom, with a tremendous presence,” and he is “particularly sought out for high-stakes litigation.” Mr. Horn regularly handles cases involving “whistleblowing,” discrimination, compensation, disability accommodations, retaliation, sexual harassment, ERISA, wrongful discharge and defamation.

Mr. Horn also has significant experience successfully representing employers in class action wage and hour lawsuits under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).  He recently litigated one of the only cases in Maryland to have resulted in the complete denial of class certification under the FLSA. The groundbreaking case, Syrja v. Westat, Inc., 756 F. Supp. 2d 682 (D. Md. 2010), substantially refined the class certification analysis courts apply under the FLSA.

Mr. Horn also helps his clients avoid litigation and obtain strategic advantages in sensitive internal investigations, workforce diversity, FMLA compliance, and workforce reductions.

Significant Matters

Mr. Horn regularly represents Fortune 500 companies involved in employment-related litigation in the Washington, D.C.- Baltimore region. His experience covers a wide range of industries including healthcare, government contractors, financial, retail, hospitality, construction, biotechnology, food service and telecommunications.

Mr. Horn served as a lead defense counsel in one of the nation's largest employment-discrimination class-action lawsuits. His other cases include:

EEOC v. WSSC, 631 F.3d 174 (4th Cir. 2011).

Syrja v. Westat, Inc., 756 F. Supp. 2d 682  (D. Md. 2010).

Smith v. Westat, Inc., 09-CV-140-CAP (N.D. Ga. 2009).

Montgomery v. General Dynamics, 2008 WL 4546262 (S.D. Ohio 2008).

King v. Marriott International, Inc., 160 Md. App. 689, 866 A.2d 895 (2005).

Covance Laboratories, Inc. v. Orantes, 338 F. Supp. 2d 613 (D. Md. 2004).

Sherman v. Marriott Hotel Services, Inc., 317 F. Supp. 2d 609 (D. Md. 2004).

Higgins v. Food Lion, Inc., 197 F. Supp. 2d 364 (D. Md. 2002).

King v. Marriott International, Inc., 337 F.3d 421 (4th Cir. 2003).

Arbabi v. Fred Meyers, Inc., 205 F. Supp. 2d 462 (D. Md. 2002).

Lane v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13935 (D. Md. 2002).

Aheart v. Sodexho, Inc., 2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 7779 (4th Cir. 2000).

Hogue v. Sam's Club, Inc., 114 F. Supp. 2d 389 (D. Md. 2000).

Gedeon v. Host Marriott Corp., 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 16903 (4th Cir. 1998).

Milton v. IIT Research Institute, 138 F.3d 519 (4th Cir. 1998).

Farasat v. Paulikas, 32 F. Supp. 2d 249; (D. Md. 1998), aff'd, 166 F.3d 1208 (4th Cir. 1998).

Cline v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 144 F.3d 294 (4th Cir. 1997).

Steinacker v. National Aquarium, 114 F.3d 1177 (4th Cir. 1997).

Spriggs v. Citibank (Md.), N.A., 103 F.3d 120 (4th Cir. 1996).

Gaskins v. Marshall Craft Associates, Inc., 110 Md. App. 705 (1996).

Webb v. Baxter Healthcare Corp., 57 F.3d 1067 (4th Cir. 1995).

Borza v. Hallmark Cards, Inc., 45 F.3d 425 (4th Cir. 1995).

Fusco v. GE Government Services, Inc., 897 F. Supp. 926 (D. Md. 1995).

Glocker v. W.R. Grace, Inc., 68 F.3d 460 (4th Cir. 1995).

Riggle v. CSX Transportation, Inc., 755 F. Supp. 676 (D. Md. 1991).

Activities

Mr. Horn provides employment advice pro bono to charities and nonprofit organizations and is a board member of Advocates for Children and Youth.

In 2005, he coached the University of Maryland School of Law's trial advocacy team in the ABA's Labor and Employment Law Section's Student Trial Advocacy Competition.