Millie Warner is a Partner in the firm’s Litigation Department and is a member of its Employment Group. Ms. Warner advises clients on a wide range of employment law and human resource issues. She represents clients in employment litigation, conducts sensitive internal investigations, crafts and litigates employee non-compete agreements, advises on enforcement actions, and provides other strategic counseling to help corporations minimize legal, compliance, and reputational risks.

Ms. Warner counsels clients on disciplinary processes, termination of employees, and day-to-day human resources matters including drafting employment agreements, separation agreements, confidentiality and restrictive covenant agreements, and employment policies. She also has extensive experience, both in and out of the courtroom, handling employee non-compete and non-solicit agreements to safeguard companies’ interests and trade secrets. When complaints of wrongdoing arise, Ms. Warner conducts thorough internal investigations to address issues in-house and to prepare clients for possible outside enforcement or legal actions. During enforcement actions, she draws on her years of experience with state and federal agencies to effectively represent clients in government investigations.

She has been recognized by The Legal 500 United States in the areas of Trade Secrets (Litigation and Non-Contentious Matters) and Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions). Before joining Patterson Belknap, Ms. Warner was an employment litigator in the New York and London offices of international law firms.

Ms. Warner also maintains an active pro bono practice, representing clients in need in a wide variety of matters. Her pro bono work includes representing various trade organizations in filing an amicus brief challenging the FTC’s noncompete rule.

Bar Admissions

• U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; Second Circuit
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
• New York

Education

• Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude)
• Princeton University (B.A., summa cum laude)

• “Lights, Camera…Trade Secrets Action,” Thomson Reuters Westlaw Today (April 27, 2023)