John L. Mays

Based in Atlanta, Georgia and representing clients nationwide, John L. Mays is an employment law attorney and parnter at Parks, Chesin & Walbert. His practice focuses on class action wage and hour litigation but extends to cases of retaliation, wrongful termination, discrimination and sexual harassment. Throughout his almost 10-year career, Mr. Mays has worked with clients in many industries, including the retail sales, customer service/call center, restaurant, oil and gas, trucking, mining, manufacturing, hotel/hospitality, government contracts, pharmaceutical, child care, and technology industries.

Mr. Mays is a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association, the Atlanta Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section and the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association. In addition to working with employees to improve their working conditions, he works with businesses to reduce labor costs without sacrificing the quality of the workplace.

Admitted to practice in the state of Georgia, Mr. Mays is also admitted to practice before the Georgia Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court of Georgia, the U.S. District Court for the Middle  and Northern Districts of Georgia and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.

Mr. Mays earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2004 from Columbia University, then moved on to attend Emory University School of Law. While in law school, he was the Emory International Law Review’s notes and comments editor and received the dean’s scholarship.

For his excellent work with previous clients, Mr. Mays has an Avvo “Superb” rating. His individual and business clients benefit from his real-work experience, skill and knowledge of employment and business law.