Anne is the firm’s Labor & Employment and Cannabis Law Practice Group Leader. She focuses her practice on labor and employment law, alternative dispute resolution, commercial litigation, tax litigation, and the emerging cannabis industry. She advises clients on the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), discrimination and harassment, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), disability law, labor relations, employment agreements, and other labor and employment matters, and conducts workplace investigations. She is an experienced litigator. She also serves as an arbitrator and mediator and is an American Arbitration Association (AAA) Employment Law Arbitrator. Anne regularly represents clients in various industries, including federal contractors, construction, maritime, and higher education.
As an advocate, Anne represents clients in arbitrations and mediations involving employment, labor, and commercial disputes. She also serves as a neutral in arbitrations and mediations in employment, commercial, and consumer cases. She is on the AAA’s Employment Law Panel as an arbitrator.
Anne frequently appears in federal and state courts representing clients in employment, labor, commercial, tax, and other disputes. Prior to joining Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black, Anne was a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division, where she litigated civil tax cases nationwide.
Anne has been advising clients on labor and employment law matters for more than twenty years. She works closely with clients to guide employment decisions to minimize risk. She drafts employment agreements, including agreements for executives, noncompete agreements, arbitration agreements, and severance agreements. She advises clients on managing employee leave issues under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and FMLA. She assists clients in properly classifying independent contractors and FLSA exempt employees and other wage and hour issues.
Even with the most careful preparation, workplace claims will arise from time to time. Anne is skilled in litigation in federal and state court and an experienced advocate in arbitrations. She routinely represents clients in Title VII, ADA, Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), and other employment law cases, including FLSA collective actions. She advocates for clients before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Department of Labor (DOL), the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Virginia Occupational Safety and Health (VOSH), and other administrative agencies. She routinely represents clients in Title VII, ADA, Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), and other employment law cases, including FLSA collective actions. She advocates for clients before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Department of Labor (DOL), the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Virginia Occupational Safety and Health (VOSH), and other administrative agencies.
Early in her career, Anne worked for the U.S. Postal Service Law Department, where she litigated labor and employment law cases, handled labor disputes, and trained and advised management on preventative human resources strategies.
Anne drafts affirmative action plans (AAPs) and guides clients in Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) compliance. She is well-versed in the Service Contract Act (SCA) and Davis Bacon Act (DBA) rules regarding employee wages. She represents clients in DOL and OFCCP audits.
Anne represents management in union avoidance, union elections, collective bargaining, and unfair labor practice charges. She also advocates for management in labor arbitrations and before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
Anne advises businesses on the rapidly changing laws and regulations regarding the nascent cannabis industry in Virginia. Together with Jonathan Gallo, she heads up the firm’s Cannabis practice.
Anne grew up in Virginia Beach and received both her undergraduate and law degrees from the College of William & Mary. After ten years working in big cities (Washington and New York), in 2007 she returned to the beach and joined Vandeventer Black, where she had clerked as a law student.
Representative Matters
- Won a jury trial in a multi-party suit involving claims of business conspiracy, tortious interference with contract, and other business torts
- Won a jury trial in a tax refund suit involving the trust fund recovery penalty
- Won a jury trial in a tax refund suit involving a federal excise tax
- Won summary judgment in insurance coverage case
- Won summary judgment in an estate tax case
- Won demurrer in a multi-party suit involving business tort claims between multiple federal contractors
- Won an arbitration involving age and disability discrimination claims
- Won an arbitration involving education disability discrimination claims
- Won several labor arbitrations involving employee discharges
Attorney Perspectives
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Department of Labor Proposes Increasing Minimum Overtime Exemption Salary to $55,068
September 5, 2023 -
Do Non-Compete Agreements Violate the NLRA?
June 16, 2023 -
Are Your Highly Compensated Employees Exempt Under FLSA?
March 16, 2023 -
New Federal Laws Strengthen Protections for Pregnant and Postpartum Workers
February 9, 2023 -
FTC Proposes Rule Banning Non-Compete Clauses
January 27, 2023 -
HR Challenges to Managing Remote Workers
November 14, 2022 -
Cleaning Up Its Mess — the Virginia Assembly Ditches Virginia’s Overtime Wage Act
April 28, 2022 -
New Federal Law Ends Mandatory Arbitration of Sexual Harassment and Assault Claims
March 9, 2022 -
New Certification Requirement for Federal Contractors
January 11, 2022 -
Federal Contractors Now Restricted in Questioning Applicants about Their Criminal Records
January 4, 2022
Speaking Engagements
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Hampton Roads SHRM May Luncheon | Puff, Puff, Pass: The Drug Test
May 11, 2023 -
HR Virginia 2023 Annual Conference | 10 Legal Commandments
April 25, 2023 -
CA Day 2023 Trade Show & Education Expo | Eye in the Sky: Remote Engagement
March 18, 2023 -
Richmond SHRM | You’re Keeping Your Lawyer Up at Night: Common Mistakes that Lead to Lawsuits
March 16, 2023
Recognition
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Best Lawyers in America Recognizes 70 WRVB Attorneys
August 17, 2023 -
Thirty-Seven WRVB Attorneys Named to 2023 Virginia Super Lawyers and Rising Stars List
May 1, 2023 -
26 WRVB Attorneys Named “Top Lawyers” for Norfolk, Coastal Virginia Magazine
January 24, 2023 -
70 WRVB Attorneys Named to 2022 “Legal Elite”
November 29, 2022 -
WRVB Attorneys Named “Lawyer of the Year” for Roanoke and Norfolk
August 19, 2022 -
WRVB Attorneys Make Major Showing in Best Lawyers in America
August 16, 2022 -
Attorneys Selected for the 2022 Virginia Super Lawyers List
May 5, 2022 -
Vandeventer Black Attorneys Recognized as 2022 Top Lawyers of Coastal Virginia
January 1, 2022 -
28 Vandeventer Black LLP lawyers named to 2022 Best Lawyers® list
August 19, 2021 -
Partner Anne G. Bibeau honored as Virginia’s Go To Lawyer
May 23, 2021 -
14 Attorneys Selected for the 2021 Virginia Super Lawyers List
May 6, 2021 -
Attorneys Recognized as 2021 Top Lawyers of Coastal Virginia
January 1, 2021 -
Vandeventer Black Attorneys Selected as 2020 Legal Elite
November 30, 2020 -
28 Attorneys Named to 2021 Best Lawyers® list
August 20, 2020 -
Vandeventer Black Attorneys Selected for the 2020 Virginia Super Lawyers List
May 7, 2020 -
Anne G. Bibeau Selected as ‘Influential Women of Law’ for 2020
January 15, 2020 -
Attorney Anne Bibeau Elected to the Propeller Club Board of Governors
December 19, 2019 -
Twenty-two Vandeventer Black Attorneys Selected as 2019 Legal Elite
November 25, 2019 -
Vandeventer Black Attorneys Recognized as 2020 Top Lawyers of Coastal Virginia
November 25, 2019 -
Bibeau and Pierce Elected to the City of Norfolk Grievance Panel
May 14, 2019 -
Vandeventer Black Attorneys Recognized as Top Lawyers of Coastal Virginia
December 13, 2018 -
Vandeventer Black Attorneys Recognized as 2018 Legal Elite
December 11, 2018 -
Vandeventer Black Attorneys Listed as ‘The Best Lawyers in America’ of 2019
August 24, 2018 -
Vandeventer Black Partners Named Women In The Law
July 9, 2018 -
Twenty-two Vandeventer Black Attorneys Recognized as Top Lawyers
December 14, 2017 -
27 Vandeventer Black Attorneys Named ‘The Best Lawyers in America’ of 2018
August 22, 2017 -
Twenty-two Vandeventer Black Attorneys 2016 Legal Elite Finalists
January 9, 2017