Jeffrey D. "Jeff" Mokotoff

Jeffrey D. "Jeff" Mokotoff


FordHarrison

Recognized since 2010

Atlanta, Georgia

Practice Areas

Employment Law - Management

Litigation - Labor and Employment

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Jeff Mokotoff has a broad employment law practice and routinely counsels clients on a myriad of employment issues, drafts and reviews employment agreements, conducts management training, and litigates employment cases in state and federal court. He has extensive experience in representing clients concerning cases involving non-compete agreements, misappropriation of trade secrets, employment/business torts, and wage and hour litigation.

Jeff is the co-editor of the "Wage & Hour - Fair Labor Standards Act" chapter of Ford & Harrison's annual Sourcebook and the editor of Ford & Harrison's Noncompete News newsletter. During law school, Jeff was the Executive Notes and Comments Editor of the Emory International Law Review. After graduating from Emory Law, Jeff practiced law in Boston before joining Ford & Harrison in 1996.

Recent Experience

  • Currently serving as lead counsel in a wage/hour class action with thousands in purported class.
  • Served as lead counsel in defense verdict win at trial defending against race discrimination and retaliation lawsuit.
  • Served as lead co-counsel in five year multi-million dollar trade secret litigation where the firm obtained a directed verdict in favor of the defendant on all damage claims. That ruling resulted in the settlement of the case on favorable terms.

    Recent Publications

    • "Georgia Supreme Court Reverses Injunction on Unenforceable Noncompete, but Upholds Injunction Based on Trade Secret Protection," Ford & Harrison's Noncompete News, November 2009
    • "Non-solicit Related to Former Customers Found Unenforceable," Ford & Harrison's Noncompete News, August 2009
    • "Georgia Courts Apply Strict Scrutiny to Restrictive Covenants in Franchise Agreements," Ford & Harrison's Noncompete News, January 2009

      Honors and Awards

      • The Best Lawyers in America – Labor and Employment Law
      • Georgia Trend's 2009 "Legal Elite"
      • AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

Contact & Links
Location
  • 271 Seventeenth Street, NW, Suite 1900
    Atlanta, GA 30363
Education
  • Emory University, J.D., graduated 1997

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Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Employment Law - Management
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment
Special Focus:
  • Antitrust
  • Covenants Not to Compete
  • COVID-19
  • Discrimination
  • Employment
  • Litigation
  • Management
  • Trade Secrets
  • Unfair Competition
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Labor Law - Management

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Noncompete News: Georgia Court Holds Noncompete and Nonsolicit of Employee Provisions With Missing Territory Unenforceable and Void


Noncompete News: Georgia Court Holds Noncompete and Nonsolicit of Employee Provisions With Missing Territory Unenforceable and Void

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U.S. Department of Labor Announces New Independent Contractor Rule


U.S. Department of Labor Announces New Independent Contractor Rule

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Washington State's New Law on NDAs and Settlement Agreements


Washington State's New Law on NDAs and Settlement Agreements

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Non-Compete News: Georgia Appeals Court Clarifies What Constitutes Appropriate Definition of Territory In Non-Compete Under RCA


Non-Compete News: Georgia Appeals Court Clarifies What Constitutes Appropriate Definition of Territory In Non-Compete Under RCA

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Federal Court Reinstates Independent Contractor Rule


Federal Court Reinstates Independent Contractor Rule

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