Mallory Knudsen Hart

Mallory Hart is an associate in the Labor & Employment Law Department and a member of the Employment Litigation & Employment Counseling, Training, and Pay Equity groups.

Mallory represents employers in a wide range of employment disputes and workplace matters, helping clients navigate complex workplace issues, protect confidential business information, and manage employment-related risk. Her experience includes litigating restrictive covenant and trade secret matters, whistleblower claims, wage and hour class and collective actions, and employment agreement disputes, as well as handling employment-related arbitrations.

She has experience advising clients across several industries, including transportation and logistics, financial services, professional and consulting services, media and entertainment, and consumer distribution.

Mallory attended Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, where she graduated magna cum laude and earned the distinction of Crowe Scholar. While in law school, Mallory served as Candidate Development and Symposium Editor for the Loyola Law Review. She competed as an oralist and later served as team coach for the National Moot Court Team. Mallory also served as Social Chair and Vice President of the Student Bar Association. During law school, Mallory also served as an extern to the Honorable Jay C. Zainey at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Upon graduation, Mallory was selected for the Order of Barristers.

During her final year of law school, Mallory worked as a Rule XX Student Practitioner in the Stuart H. Smith Law Clinic and Center for Social Justice-Children’s Rights Clinic, where she submitted an amicus brief to the Louisiana State Supreme Court.