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 represented Microchip Technology against claims asserted by former Atmel Corporation employees under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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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 Shivers is terrific, responsive and pragmatic.

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.

Joseph Clees is well-respected and provides great timely guidance.

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 Kisicki really is the living history of labor law, he understands it at a deep technical level and is on top of all nuances around the law as it ebbs and flows across administrations.

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.
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 Freed provides a seamless client experience and is a proactive, clear and concise communicator.

Leah Freed is a great adviser who understands the cultural climate and the needs of the client.

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.

Ranked Lawyers at
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Arizona

Labor & Employment

Nonnie Shivers
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Nonnie Shivers
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Eminent Practitioners
Joseph T Clees
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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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L Eric Dowell
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L Eric Dowell
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Leah Freed
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Leah Freed
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Thomas M Stanek
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Thomas M Stanek
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