Labor & Employment
USA Guide 2024 : New Jersey
Band 2
Contact number
+1 973 656 1600About
Provided by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC
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, union avoidance, union campaigns, and collective bargaining.
Chambers Review
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC has a distinguished labor and employment practice with a national reputation for providing comprehensive counseling and litigation services to a range of management clients. The firm represents companies from the pharmaceutical, manufacturing and financial services sectors, among others. It has particular strength in traditional labor relations matters, such as union campaigns and collective bargaining agreements. The group also handles all manner of employment litigation, including whistle-blowing and retaliation cases.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"They are highly responsive and I appreciate that they try to understand the business and the client and tailor their advice to that understanding."
"Their client service is excellent."
"The team is knowledgeable in this area of law and is effective in what it does. They're good communicators who are strategic and creative."
"They are highly responsive and I appreciate that they try to understand the business and the client and tailor their advice to that understanding."
"Their client service is excellent."
"The team is knowledgeable in this area of law and is effective in what it does. They're good communicators who are strategic and creative."
Notable Practitioners
Mark Diana is a highly regarded labor and employment attorney. He handles an array of contentious and noncontentious work on behalf of public and private companies.
"He is a very sophisticated practitioner."
Peter Hughes has substantial experience litigating the full spectrum of employment-related lawsuits on behalf of employers. He is particularly skilled at handling discrimination, retaliation and unequal pay cases.
"He is one of the most responsive lawyers I have ever worked with. He has a broad knowledge base, is always available, comes up with great solutions and is effective in what he does."