About

Provided by Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Greenberg Traurig’s Labor & Employment Group provides national and international corporations with strategic legal advice on all matters concerning the employment relationship. With over 170 practitioners around the globe, we offer national and international organizations strategic and practical legal services that are focused on maximizing human resource potential.

  • We are trial lawyers and regularly try cases to verdict. Our Labor & Employment trial team is regularly called upon to handle complex, bet-the-company cases and has taken three cases to the U.S. Supreme Court in the past 10 years.
  • Our experience in class and collective litigation is wide-ranging, having handled over 100 such cases in the last three years alone. Our experience with the courts, counsel, and judges across our global footprint that are routinely involved in such matters gives our clients access to critical information utilized to aggressively and efficiently respond to and defend such matters.
  • We assist clients in maintaining positive labor relations. Our skilled Labor & Employment Group has in-depth experience structuring corporate transactions aimed at maximizing managerial flexibility and labor efficiency, negotiating collective bargaining agreements, trying labor arbitrations throughout the country, and assisting employers to lead and manage in ways that best fit their cultures. 

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Labor & Employment - New Jersey

3
Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Greenberg Traurig, LLP is a well-known player in the labor and employment market, noted for its capabilities in collective and class action litigation and its success in jury trials. It also assists clients with training programs and advises on business immigration. The firm provides counsel to a diverse client base including healthcare groups, retailers and financial services companies.

Work Highlights

  • Greenberg Traurig represented Kroll in a litigation against a former managing director, filing a lawsuit alleging theft of trade secrets and defending against counterclaims of discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Galit Kierkut
3
Galit Kierkut
3
Band 3
Galit Kierkut's broad expertise covers disputes involving restrictive covenant and unfair competition issues, as well as allegations of discrimination.

She understands our business very well, provides clear insight into complex issues and offers a well thought-out solution to those issues.

Galit is a fantastic business partner for us. She ensures that we receive actionable and useful legal advice as quickly as possible.

Galit Kierkut is very experienced and knowledgeable.

Kristine Feher
3
Kristine Feher
3
Band 3

Kristine Feher has a multifaceted practice, dedicated to advising on employment disputes, internal investigations, regulatory compliance and policy development on behalf of large corporations and healthcare groups.

Her advice is always timely, practical and taking into consideration our risk appetite.

Kristine provides balanced and practical advice in difficult, complex employment matters.

She always provides the highest level strategic guidance on litigation, settlements and business issues.

Ranked Lawyers at
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Labor & Employment

Galit Kierkut
3
Galit Kierkut
3
Band 3
Kristine Feher
3
Kristine Feher
3
Band 3

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