Employers face unprecedented exposure to workplace regulations and legal entanglement with employees. Experienced attorneys who have guided leading employers, including Fortune 500 companies, regionally and nationally, in labor and employment litigation, anchor our Labor & Employment Department.

Based on the business diversity of our clients, our labor and employment representations include traditional labor involving labor negotiations, strikes, arbitrations and union prevention, as well as defense of employment discrimination litigation, Wage and Hour audits, OSHA/MSHA safety and OFCCP Affirmative Action program audits.

Our firm enjoys a reputation for having highly regarded and extraordinarily effective Labor & Employment advocacy teams. We have successfully defended hundreds of discrimination and other employment classification cases. Our labor and employment attorneys have won employment discrimination cases at the summary judgment and trial stage and successfully affirmed judgments on appeal in US. Courts of Appeals across the country and before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Understanding the client’s workplace dynamics enables our labor and employment attorneys to develop effective and efficient solutions in all employment environments. For our traditional labor clients, we provide strategy and support for the preparation and administration of the collective bargaining process. We have successfully guided leading companies in traditional labor arbitrations, negotiations, defense of NLRB allegations, strike preparation and union prevention campaigns.

Our labor and employment attorneys are extensively involved in designing policies and procedures aimed at effective employment management and compliance in the areas of employee responsibility, behavior and discipline. They also conduct employee education and training for human resources professionals, managers and employees in the areas of harassment prevention, employee relations, hiring, firing, workplace violence, employee leave, and FMLA and ADA issues.