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Jamie M. Konn

Jamie M. Konn

Partner
About

Jamie Konn is a business-minded lawyer with significant experience partnering with multinational companies to efficiently address their challenges, develop creative strategies, and implement practical solutions across a wide range of employment-related issues.  As a result, Jamie manages several global client relationships for the firm.

A significant portion of Jamie’s practice is focused on advising private-equity funds and companies in connection with mergers, acquisitions, sales, and other corporate transactions. Jamie and his team handle all employment-related aspects of those transactions, including purchase agreements, restrictive covenants, employment documentation, due diligence, and workforce integration.

Jamie is also responsible for managing the full range of labor and employment needs of the firm’s clients in the Southeast. You will often find him litigating fast-paced restrictive covenant cases or complex executive termination cases before state and federal courts or in arbitration. He regularly advises clients on various issues related to their workforce (e.g., employee complaints and investigations, executive engagement and terminations, restrictive covenants, and federal and state law compliance).  And he represents clients in labor-management disputes and negotiations.

Jamie’s clients range from early-stage companies, to venture capital, to private equity funds and their portfolio companies, to Fortune 250 companies. His clients also come from various industries, such as construction, professional services, retail, technology, insurance, and healthcare.

Areas of FocusEmploymentCorporate
Bar admissionsDistrict of ColumbiaGeorgiaVirginia
CourtsSupreme Court of the United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of AppealsSupreme Court of VirginiaUnited States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh CircuitUnited States District Court for the Northern District of GeorgiaUnited States District Court for the District of ColumbiaUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Education
  • J.D., George Washington University Law School
    Order of the Coif
    magna cum laude
  • B.A., Psychology, Tufts University

Pro Bono

Jamie is committed to supporting the firm’s pro bono efforts.  His recent pro bono work focuses on helping local non-profit organizations in all aspects of employment law compliance.  Jamie was a member of the Advisory Council for Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta from 2016 through 2023.  In 2017, he was honored by PBPA as its Volunteer of the Year.  Jamie also supports the firm’s Food Banks work, including providing pro bono services for Feeding America.

DLA PIPER COMMITTEES

  • Firm Policy Committee
  • Attorney Evaluation Committee

Memberships And Affiliations

  • American Bar Association
  • State Bar of Georgia
  • Bar Association of the District of Columbia
  • Virginia Bar Association
  • Leadership Georgia (Class of 2018)

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