Practice Areas
Joe Kroeger is a go-to labor and employment counselor and litigator with a national practice who is ranked as a Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business® in Labor & Employment, and as a Best Lawyer in America® in Employment Law–Management, Labor Law–Management, and Litigation–Labor and Employment. As a former in-house counsel, Joe brings a corporate perspective to the practice of law to best serve the needs of his clients in an effective and cost-efficient manner. His practice focuses on preventing employment claims and positioning problem situations for the best possible defense.
Joe's practice is concentrated in labor and employment. He represents employers in a variety of areas, including discrimination and harassment, wrongful discharge, breach of contract, misappropriation of trade secrets, non-competition/non-solicitation matters, social media, alternative dispute resolution and arbitration agreements, labor arbitrations, and NLRB charges. He has experience in issues related to the Fair Credit Reporting Act, HIPAA, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, employee background checks, drug testing, employer protection of intellectual property, e-discovery and other employment-related privacy issues. He has litigation experience in federal and state judicial and administrative forums, and class action litigation. Joe has first-chaired cases to favorable verdicts in federal and state juries.