Howard Mavity is a partner in the Atlanta office. He co-chairs the firm's Workplace Safety and Catastrophe Management Practice Group. He draws upon his past business experience in transportation, logistics, construction, and industrial supply to work with clients as a business partner, and focuses on eliminating employee problems by commonsense management. Howard has provided counsel for over 225 occasions of union activity, guided unionized companies, and has managed almost 450 OSHA fatality cases in construction and general industry, ranging from dust explosions to building collapses, in virtually every state. He has coordinated complex inspections involving multi-employer sites, corporate-wide compliance, and issues involving criminal referral. Howard is active in rulemaking and dealings with federal and state OSHA and other agencies. He overseas audits of corporate labor, HR, and safety compliance. He also responds to virtually every type of day-to-day workplace inquiry, and has handled cases before the EEOC, OFCCP, NLRB, and numerous other state and federal agencies. Howard frequently speaks to business associations, bar groups, and professional groups. He also lectures and conducts training for numerous private and governmental employers and speaks at a national MBA program. Howard is "AV" Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell and he has been featured as one of the “Georgia Super Lawyers” in the Atlanta Magazine survey since 2004 and in the 2006 Georgia Trend Magazine, Georgia Legal Elite. He is also co-editor of the firm's Workplace Safety and Health Law Blog.
Professional Activities
Howard has been involved with Associated General Contractors of America for over 20 years. He serves on the AGC National Safety Committee and the Georgia and Carolinas AGC Safety Committees. He is involved with AGC Chapters in Kansas City, St. Louis, Houston, Alabama, and Cleveland. He has been one of the three instructors at the AGC’s Advanced Safety Management Training Class for over five years. He is also a member of the Charlotte Area Hospitality Association, the ABA-OSHA Section, the NFPA, and various Chambers of Commerce.
Recognition
Two Fisher & Phillips Attorneys Named Among 50 Most Influential Occupational Safety, Health, Environment and Risk Management Leaders
June 5, 2013
Seven Fisher & Phillips Attorneys Listed in "Georgia Super Lawyers 2011"
March 2, 2011
Presentations
America's Safest Companies Conference – Chicago, IL
September 12, 2012
CEO's Best Practices for Safety & Employment – Albany, GA
March 7, 2012
Common Safety Lapses Produce Growing Number of Large OSHA Penalties – Webinar
October 27, 2011
HR's Crucial Role in Safety Management – Concord, NC
March 30, 2011
Labor, Employment & OSHA Update for CEO's and Executives
Construction Executives Annual Meeting (CEA), Cleveland, Ohio
2011
Labor & Employment Changes That Will Rock Your World
AGC Georgia, Members First Meeting, Augusta, GA
2011
Safety & Employment Law Update and "Safety is More than Risk Management
AGC National National Safety Committee Meeting New Orleans
2011
Safety, Risk Management & Labor Update
AGC/Affinity, Phoenix, AZ
2011
Labor Considerations In Preparing For The 2012 DNC Convention
Charlotte Hospitality Association (CAHA), Charlotte, NC
2011
Labor Law For The Safety Professional; and HR's Role In Safety Management
Carolinas AGC – Annual Safety & HR Conferences
2011
Labor & HR Issues For The Safety Professional
AGC Georgia Annual Safety Conference Gwinnett County
2011
Essential Labor & Employment Law For The Safety Professional
Charlotte Regional Safety School, Charlotte, Keynote Speech
2011
Labor Challenges in 2011
AGC Georgia Members First Meeting, Dalton, Georgia
April 12, 2011
Challenges Under OSHA's New Crane Standard
AGC National, Washington, D.C., Federal Contractors Conference
2011
Construction Management Under New Labor & Safety Challenges
AGC Colorado, Annual safety Luncheon and Awards Ceremony, Denver, Keynote Speech
2011
Secrets From CEO's For Effective Safety Management
N.C. State Safety Conference, Greensboro, AGC Luncheon Keynote Speech
2011
Excellence in Manufacturing: Safety, HR and Labor Issues
Manufacturer & Foundry Summit, Pennsylvania
2011
Zurich – Construction Roundtable
New Orleans, Managing OSHA Inspections and Managing All Aspects of Risk: Safety, HR and Labor
2011