About

Provided by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC

Unlike many firms, our labor and employment practice covers the full array of issues affecting the work environment, including workplace safety, immigration, employee benefits, and executive compensation, in addition to more common areas like discrimination, retaliation, harassment, non-competition and non-solicitation, wage/hour, positive employee relations, union campaigns, and collective bargaining.

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Labor & Employment - USA - Nationwide

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What the Team is Known For

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC boasts a formidable labor and employment practice with numerous offices across the USA, providing advice on the whole range of relevant matters such as internal workplace investigations, litigation and regulatory compliance. The firm represents clients in the aviation, retail and transportation industries, among others. Its experience includes advising on discrimination claims, class action waivers, overtime regulations and restrictive covenant disputes.

Notable practitioners

North Carolina-based Matt Keen is a key contact.

Work Highlights

  • Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC successfully defended Highgate against a class action involving 400 current and former employees alleging Highgate of unjustly retaining gratuity fees paid by guests.

Strengths

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