Overview

Anthony Dalimonte’s practice focuses on (1) defending employers in employment litigation, (2) counseling employers on best practices, (3) handling general and business-related litigation, and (4) a niche advising clients in the developing business world related to student athletes’ rights to their Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL).

As part of the firm’s Labor and Employment practice group, Tony defends employers in state and federal courts on claims of employment discrimination, retaliation, wage and hour violations, FMLA violations, and disputes over non-compete agreements. 

Tony’s employment work also includes counseling management and human resources personnel on daily issues and best practices, including preventing and resolving disputes related to the life cycle of employment: 

• Hiring and firing
• Employment discrimination
• Employee handbooks and personnel policies
• Disabilities and accommodations
• Discipline and termination
• Investigations by administrative agencies

In the General Litigation practice group, Tony represents individuals and businesses in a wide array of general and commercial litigation matters. His experience includes taking cases through all stages of the litigation process, including appeals.

As a four-year member of the University of Michigan football team, Tony brings to the growing world of complex NIL business issues personal knowledge, a unique perspective, and a work ethic honed as a team member.  Walking on as a freshman defensive back, Tony stayed with the team through graduation. He was voted “Scout Team Player of the Year” by the team his senior year. Tony was instrumental in forming the firm's NIL Law Team to counsel student-athletes, businesses/organizations and other interested parties in creating high-value NIL initiatives and contractual arrangements which are fully compliant with NCAA rules, state laws and university regulations.

Tony is a graduate of the University of Michigan – BA, 2017 and Master’s of Management from the Ross School of Business, 2018, and Wayne State Law School, 2021. While in law school, he was a member of the moot court team and editor of the Journal of Business Law.  He graduated in 2013 from Brother Rice High School, in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

Affiliations

Memberships & Affiliations

• State Bar of Michigan

Communications

Publications

• Whitmer Proposes Universal FMLA: Legislature Likely to Decide by Year-End, Foster Swift Labor & Employment Law News E-blast, September 7, 2023
• U.S. Supreme Court Sides with USPS Worker on Religious Accommodation, Foster Swift Labor & Employment Law News E-blast, July 6, 2023
• Legal Pitfalls to Avoid in Name, Image, Likeness (“NIL”) Contracts, Business & Tax Law News, July 5, 2023
• Michigan’s Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) Law, Business & Tax Law News, June 7, 2023
• NLRB General Counsel Targets Non-Compete Agreements, Labor & Employment Law News E-blast, June 6, 2023
• NIL Timeline: The Events That Transformed College Sports, April 21, 2023

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News & Events

Speaking Engagements

• Fall 2023 Labor & Employment Law Update, Foster Swift Going Forward Webinars, October 12, 2023
• Should Employers Use Generative AI for the Hiring Process?, Foster Swift Second Wednesday Lunch Break, June 14, 2023
• Learn Recent Changes in Employment Law, Foster Swift Second Wednesday Lunch Break, February 8, 2023
• What Employers Need to Prepare for in 2023, Foster Swift Going Forward Webinars, October 12, 2022

News

• Dalimonte Discusses Proposed FTC Changes to Noncompete Agreements, Michigan Business Network, January 16, 2023
• Three Former Summer Associates Join Foster Swift, December 7, 2021

Media

Second Wednesday Lunch Break

Learn Recent Changes in Employment Law

Should Employers Use Generative AI in the Hiring Process?