Patrick Bolling solves workforce issues in collaboration with human resource professionals and other company leaders.
As part of the firm’s Labor & Employment team, he helps his clients make day-to-day employment decisions, design and implement fair and effective employment policies, contracts and handbooks, conduct workplace investigations, and prevent disputes from becoming litigation. Patrick’s additional experience in transactional business matters allows him to offer depth and context to decision-makers beyond the employment setting. When necessary, Patrick aggressively defends employers, primarily in state and federal regulatory actions and civil litigation related to discrimination, wrongful termination, harassment, and retaliation under equal employment opportunity laws.
Peers named Patrick a “Top Lawyer” and “Millennial on the Move” in Lynchburg Business magazine and a “Rising Star” in Virginia Business magazine’s Legal Elite list. His insights have been published in Virginia Bar Association’s Young Lawyer’s Division’s Opening Statement, Lynchburg Business magazine, and in other forums such as Lynchburg’s SHRM chapter and Woods Rogers’ legal blog. He regularly teaches at Woods Rogers’ popular Labor & Employment Seminar series, for leaders in Lynchburg’s start-up community at Lynchburg Economic Development Authority’s “CO.STARTERS,” and for industry groups like the International Public Management Association for Human Resources. He also has been a moot court judge at W&L’s School of Law.
Patrick sits on the Boards of Directors for The Williams Home and the Virginia Legal Aid Society, where he also regularly takes pro bono cases. He also serves on the Executive Board of the Young Lawyer’s Division of the Virginia Bar Association.
Thought Leadership
Published Articles
- A Shot at Immunity: Can Employers Mandate COVID-19 Vaccinations?, Opening Statement, Winter 2020-2021
- Data in Danger, Lynchburg Business, August/September 2018
- Can a Business Be Liable to Its Employees for LGBT Discrimination?, Lynchburg Business, February 2018
- Bueller? Bueller? Proposed Paid Sick Leave Rules For Federal Contractors, Virginia Bar Association Young Lawyer’s Division “Opening Statement” (Page 6), October 2016
- Five Things Virginia Should Know About Garnishment Summonses, Lynchburg Business, February 1, 2016
- The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974: What Parents, Students and School Officials Need to Know, Lynchburg Business, July 31, 2015
Teaching Engagements
Adjunct Professor | Electronic Discovery | Washington & Lee University School of Law
Representative Cases
- Lee v. Belvac Prod. Mach., Inc., No. 6:18-CV-00075, 2020 WL 3643133 (W.D. Va. July 6, 2020) (obtained summary judgment in Equal Pay Act and Title VII gender discrimination/wage bias claim)
Attorney Perspectives
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EEOC Update: New Workplace Discrimination Poster
October 27, 2022 -
Do Employers Have to Comply with Federal OSHA’s Vaccine-or-Test Mandate Right Now?
January 13, 2022 -
More COVID-19 Legal Developments
December 30, 2021 -
COVID-19 Legal Round Up and Looming 2022 Deadlines
December 21, 2021 -
Federal Agencies Are Teaming Up to End Workplace Retaliation
November 23, 2021 -
Seven Things To Know About The Biden NLRB’s New “Road Map”
September 23, 2021 -
Executive Orders and Vaccine Mandates
September 15, 2021 -
Recent Changes to Virginia’s Final Permanent Standard for COVID-19
September 15, 2021 -
Can Employers Follow CDC’s “Vaccination or Mask” Rule?
May 25, 2021 -
Legal Marijuana and Your Workplace: It’s Going to Get Complicated
April 9, 2021
Speaking Engagements
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CUPA-HR Virginia Chapter Event | Employment Legal Update 2023
January 25, 2023 -
CO.STARTERS | Opportunity Lynchburg
October 17, 2022 -
Lynchburg Bar Association | Virginia’s Labor Laws & Collective Bargaining
September 30, 2022 -
American University Washington College of Law | Labor & Employment Law Career Panel
March 23, 2022 -
Virginia Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration | Legal Update
March 14, 2022 -
Lynchburg SHRM | Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Where are we in 2022?
August 11, 2022 -
Mississippi Credit Union Association | Labor & Employment Training
December 21, 2022 -
Mississippi Credit Union Association | Labor & Employment Training
August 24, 2022 -
Mississippi Credit Union Association | Labor & Employment Training
June 30, 2022 -
Mississippi Credit Union Association | Legal Developments in Labor & Employment
February 24, 2022 -
Blue Ridge Human Resources Association | Employment Law Seminar 2022
March 9, 2022 -
The Medical Advisory Group of Roanoke | Harassment, Bullying, and Other Workplace Issues
September 28, 2021 -
The Medical Advisory Group of Lynchburg | Harassment, Bullying, and Other Workplace Issues
September 8, 2021 -
Virginia Society of CPAs, Roanoke Chapter | New Virginia Workplace Laws
August 19, 2021 -
Young Professionals of Central Virginia | The Future of Work: The Gig Economy, Remote Work, DEI Initiatives, and More
May 6, 2021 -
Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police | Fair Labor Standards Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, & Family Medical Leave Act
March 3, 2021 -
Charlottesville SHRM | 2021 Legal Update
February 9, 2021 -
Kentucky Credit Union League | Q&A: COVID-19 in 2021
January 14, 2021 -
Lynchburg Bar Association | Virginia’s New Employment Law Landscape
November 9, 2020 -
Richmond SHRM | Virginia’s New Employment Laws
November 12, 2020 -
Virginia Credit Union League | Virginia’s Updated Workplace Standards & EFMLA
August 5, 2020 -
International Public Management Association for Human Resources - Virginia Chapter | Employee Leave Under FFCRA & 6 Steps to Take if an Employee Tests Positive
June 18, 2020 -
Tennessee Credit Union Association | CEO Update
May 7, 2020 -
CO.STARTERS | Opportunity Lynchburg
April 13, 2020 -
CO.STARTERS | Opportunity Lynchburg
October 14, 2019
Seminars + Events
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Stronger Together: WRVB 2022 Labor & Employment Seminars
October 6 - October 24, 2022 -
40th Annual Labor & Employment Webinar Series
October 7 – November 4, 2021 -
HR LifeLine: 2020 Labor & Employment Webinar Series
Every Thursday in October, 2020 -
2019 Labor and Employment Seminar Series
October 2 - November 5, 2019 -
37th Annual Labor & Employment Seminar Series
September 20 - October 17, 2018
Recognition
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Ten WRVB Attorneys Named “Ones to Watch”
August 16, 2022 -
Eighteen Woods Rogers Attorneys Named to 2022 Virginia Super Lawyers or Rising Stars Lists
May 5, 2022 -
Nine Woods Rogers Attorneys Named Lynchburg “Top Lawyers”
January 12, 2022 -
Attorneys King Tower and Patrick Bolling Named as Newest Woods Rogers Principals
January 10, 2022 -
26 Woods Rogers Attorneys Named “Legal Elite” or “Rising Stars”
December 1, 2021 -
Eight Woods Rogers Attorneys Named Lynchburg “Top Lawyers”
January 7, 2021 -
Ten Woods Rogers Attorneys Named Lynchburg “Top Lawyers”
January 10, 2020 -
Woods Rogers Attorney Patrick Bolling Featured in Lynchburg Business Magazine’s 2017 Millennials on the Move
August 7, 2017