Michael Roche

Co-chair of the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice, Mike represents employers in complex employment and benefits litigation and employment counseling. He has been recognized in Chambers USA, The Best Lawyers in America®, and The Legal 500 US and was named one of the country’s “Top 100 Employment Lawyers” by Lawdragon and Human Resources Executive. He serves as lead employment counsel to many clients, including some of the world’s largest professional services firms and financial firms.

Over his more than 30-year career, Mike Roche has represented employers in numerous class action and multi-plaintiff suits involving allegations of discrimination, wage and hour law violations, breach of fiduciary duty, and ERISA claims. He also represents employers in executive compensation disputes and often counsels companies and their boards of directors in managing senior executive employment, separations, negotiations, internal investigations and similar matters.

He has litigated many restrictive covenant, competition, and trade secret cases and represents employers and fiduciaries in Department of Labor and EEOC investigations. Mike has successfully led and won jury trials, bench trials, injunction hearings, arbitrations, and appellate arguments on behalf of his clients in these areas.

Mike also has an extensive counseling practice, in which he provides proactive counseling to help clients manage their employment function properly and lower the risk of litigation and regulatory issues.