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Jones Day

Labor & Employment: The Elite

USA Guide 2026 : New York

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Labor & Employment: The Elite - New York

Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Jones Day has a highly rated team that offers expertise in traditional labor matters and employment litigation. It exhibits strength in a number of areas, including employment discrimination and retaliation litigation, wage and hour class actions and NLRB matters. It is also experienced in collective bargaining negotiations, as well as internal investigations involving allegations of sexual harassment. The team benefits from the impressive strength of the firm's national labor and employment practice.

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Work Highlights

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  • Jones Day represented GE Aerospace in its collective bargaining agreements with each of the IUE-CWA, the IAM and the UAW.

Strengths

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  • The firm has a deep bench of tremendous labor lawyers.

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  • Jones Day is thoughtful when it comes to strategy.

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  • Jones Day has subject matter mastery.

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  • Jones Day brings the right level of seniority and focus to an important matter in an expedited and expert way.

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  • The Jones Day team is extremely intelligent and strategically gifted.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Jessica Kastin
    Jessica Kastin

    Jessica Kastin

    Jessica Kastin has considerable experience handling collective bargaining negotiations on behalf of employers. She also regularly advises her clients on separation agreements and reductions in force.

    • Jessica is knowledgeable and a subject matter expert in negotiations. She does a good job of knowing her audience and is extremely collaborative and even keeled.

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    • Jessica has over a decade of experience. Her work is seamless and she produces a very good work product.

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  • Matthew W Lampe
    Matthew W Lampe

    Matthew W Lampe

    Matthew Lampe handles a wide array of labor and employment disputes, including age discrimination, wrongful discharge, and wage and hour claims. He also has experience defending companies in agency investigations into pay practice violations.

    • Matt instills great values of hard work, trustworthiness and excellence in all the lawyers in his department and he leads by example.

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    • Matt is a prudent, experienced, strategic and tactful lawyer.

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    • Matt's ability to get up to speed on a long factual history is impressive.

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  • Terri L Chase
    Terri L Chase

    Terri L Chase

    Terri Chase is a highly regarded employment litigator. She represents her clients in cases involving allegations of discrimination, harassment and retaliation.

    • Terri is excellent on non-compete matters.

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    • Terri is outstanding in every way. She is calm, thorough and diligent. She is always on top of things and the quality of her work is great.

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    • Terri is a great litigator.

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  • Wendy Butler
    Wendy Butler

    Wendy Butler

    Wendy Butler is particularly held in high regard for her handling of discrimination and wage and hour disputes on behalf of employers. She also assists employers with compliance and other advisory matters.

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