Tonya Bana

I am an attorney with nearly two decades of experience handling complex labor and employment matters. I primarily represent individual clients in a broad range of situations involving allegations of harassment, discrimination, retaliation and wrongful discharge, contract disputes, including severance pay negotiations, and other employment-related issues. I also have represented groups of individuals in class actions alleging race discrimination, disability discrimination, and wage and hour violations. In addition, I advise companies on all aspects of employment law, including compliance with various federal and state laws, litigation avoidance, and diversity, equity and inclusion matters. I have conducted numerous investigations into employee allegations of harassment and discrimination and provided presentations and trainings on a variety of employment-related topics.Besides managing my own full-service employment practice, I also serve as counsel to Discepolo LLP and collaborate with and advise the firm on employment cases, class actions, mass torts and other complex litigation matters. Before I started my own practice, I led the complex labor and employment practice at Murphy, Falcon & Murphy, where I litigated and tried cases with legendary trial attorneys William H. “Billy” Murphy, Jr. and Kenneth Ravenell. In addition, I worked as a Trial Attorney for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and spent nearly a decade counseling and defending companies in a variety of labor and employment matters at Jones Day and Miles & Stockbridge. I also clerked for the Chief Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals, the Honorable Robert M. Bell.In only five years of practice representing individual plaintiffs, I have been solely or principally responsible for achieving confidential settlements totaling more than $15,000,000.00.