About

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Unlike many firms, our labor and employment practice covers the full array of issues impacting the workplace, including workplace safety, immigration, employee benefits, and executive compensation, in addition to discrimination, retaliation, harassment, non-competition and non-solicitation, wage/hour, union avoidance, union campaigns, and collective bargaining, defending more employment-related lawsuits in Arizona than any other law firm.

Ogletree Deakins’ Arizona office actively supports continuing legal education amongst our clients and in the community by holding their Annual Managing A Workforce Seminar, a full-day seminar addressing the latest labor and employment developments for employers, while also conducting breakfast briefings throughout the year on hot labor and employment topics.

Individually, attorneys also support continuing legal education by presenting original and cutting-edge educational programs for associations, organizations, clients and publications (representative, not all inclusive), including the Arizona Chapter-Association of Corporate Counsel, the Arizona Industry Liaison Group (AZilg), the Arizona Restaurant Association, the Arizona Self Insurers Association, the Maricopa County Bar Association, the Northwest Arizona Human Resource Association, the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) of Greater Phoenix, the State Bar of Arizona, The American Law Institute’s Current Developments in Employment Law and The Record Reporter.

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What the Team is Known For

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC has a market-leading practice, providing a full-service offering and advising clients on both noncontentious and contentious matters, including complex or high-stakes reputational issues. The firm offers unrivaled practice area litigation experience, a particularly substantial traditional labor law capability and expertise in issues such as discrimination.

Work Highlights

  • Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC continued to represent Northern Arizona Healthcare Corporation in federal court actions regarding sexual harassment and retaliatory discharge claims.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Nonnie Shivers
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Nonnie Shivers
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Eminent Practitioners

Nonnie Shivers is noted for her consummate handling of labor and employment mandates, often of a litigious nature. She possesses key sector expertise in the airline industry. Shivers is the managing shareholder of the Phoenix office.

Nonnie is seasoned, responsive, creative and practical.

Nonnie is an outstanding lawyer.

Nonnie Shivers is super strong, very practical, gives you what your business people care about and is very commercially minded.

Joseph T Clees
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Joseph T Clees
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Joseph Clees has extensive experience in both contentious and noncontentious employment mandates. He is additionally recognized for his nationwide practice.

I can't say enough good things about Joseph Clees and his representation of our firm.

Joe remains the most actively engaged attorney in Arizona.

Joe is skilled and has a client base that enables him to practice law in a unique way.

Mark G Kisicki
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Mark G Kisicki
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Mark Kisicki is well reputed for his talents assisting parties with contentious matters. He is a go-to for representing defendants in unfair dismissal cases, allegations of discrimination and severance disputes.

Mark is essential and critical to our employment strategy and success.

We value our long relationship with Mark Kisicki. He combines deep legal expertise with pragmatic solutions. This advice helps move our matters forward efficiently. Mark is a trusted advisor for our organization and is an excellent extension of our team.

Thomas M Stanek
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Thomas M Stanek
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Thomas Stanek acts across a range of traditional labor law matters, including collective bargaining negotiations and union avoidance strategies.

Tom is an outstanding counsel and true partner. He consistently provides clear, practical legal guidance grounded in strong understanding of our business and the law. His responsiveness, judgement, and ability to anticipate issues makes him someone we trust implicitly. I would highly recommend Tom for any organization seeking thoughtful, reliable and trusted counsel.

Thomas Stanek is a top-tier operator.

L Eric Dowell
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L Eric Dowell
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Eric Dowell is well regarded for his experienced handling of discrimination and wrongful termination cases.

Eric is a very strong lawyer.

Leah Freed
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Leah Freed
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Leah Freed has deep experience assisting employers with contentious labor law mandates. She regularly works on discrimination claims and workplace relations.

Leah is a smart attorney.

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Joseph T Clees
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Mark G Kisicki
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Mark G Kisicki
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Thomas M Stanek
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L Eric Dowell
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Leah Freed
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