Patrick Bolling solves workforce issues in collaboration with human resource professionals and other company leaders.
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. 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, and the Executive Board of the Young Lawyer’s Division of the Virginia Bar Association.
Affiliations
The Arc of Central Virginia
Former Director and President of the Board of Directors
Lynchburg Bar Association
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
National and Lynchburg Chapters
Virginia Bar Association
Executive Board of the Young Lawyer’s Division (YLD)—Secretary/Treasurer
YLD Representative—Labor and Employment Law Section
YLD Chair—Statewide Law School Councils
Virginia Legal Aid Society
Board Member
The Williams Home
Board Member
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
Representative Cases
- Lee v. Belvac Prod. Mach., Inc., No. 6:18-CV-00075, 2020 WL 3643133 (W.D. Va. July 6, 2020) (obtained summary judgement in Equal Pay Act and Title VII gender discrimination/wage bias claim)
Featured Posts
Legal Marijuana and Your Workplace: It’s Going to Get Complicated | April 9, 2021
Can Employers Require Employees to be Vaccinated Against COVID-19? (Coronavirus and the Law) | December 14, 2020
DOL Revises FFCRA Regulations – Here we go again! (Coronavirus and the Law) | September 14, 2020
Parents Not Eligible for FFCRA Leave for Remote Learning if In-Person Learning is Offered (Coronavirus and the Law) | August 28, 2020
What Happens When Employees Are Afraid of the Workplace? (Coronavirus and the Law) | August 28, 2020
A Safe Harbor for “Off-the-Clock” Telework Wage-Hour Claims? (Coronavirus and the Law) | August 25, 2020
Virginia’s New Workplace Laws: Prepare Now or Risk Lawsuits Later | June 1, 2020
How to Reopen Your Business in 12 Steps (Coronavirus and the Law) | May 13, 2020
COVID-19 Employment Lawsuits Are Already Brewing (Coronavirus and the Law) | May 12, 2020
Additional Guidance on COVID-19 Emergency Leave – DOL Issues Temporary Rule (Coronavirus and the Law) | April 6, 2020
Speaking Engagements
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
HR LifeLine: 2020 Labor & Employment Webinar Series | Every Thursday in October
2019 Labor and Employment Seminar Series | October 2 - November 5
37th Annual Labor & Employment Seminar Series | September 20, 2018
Recognition
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
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