Labor & Employment | USA

Morgan, Brown and Joy boasts an impressive labor and employment practice offering employers and senior management teams quality advice in a range of workplace-related compliance and litigation issues. It exhibits strength in both traditional labor law, and employment matters including discrimination and wage and hour disputes. The firm remains active across a wide variety of industry sectors, including education, technology and communications. It is particularly adept at representing universities and other educational institutions in labor disputes.

Proskauer Rose offers a sophisticated practice that represents clients on the full range of labor and employment matters on a local, regional and national scale. It regularly acts for major employers in the life sciences, manufacturing, media and entertainment sectors, as well as the financial services industry. The firm possesses strong capabilities in class action litigation relating to wage and hour issues and discrimination, as well as labor relations including collective bargaining negotiations.

Goodwin provides high quality representation and counseling advice to clients across a wide range of labor and employment law issues including discrimination, harassment and whistleblower claims. The team acts for clients in a variety of sectors, including education, healthcare, biotech and financial services.

Hirsch Roberts Weinstein offers an accomplished employment practice, offering senior management quality compliance counseling and representation in contentious matters, as well as extensive expertise in traditional labor law issues. The team regularly handles wage and hour, noncompete and trade secret litigation on behalf of employers, working as employment counsel in union negotations. It is particularly active in the education, technology and life sciences sectors, with a number of colleges and health centers among its clients.

Greenberg Traurig is noted for its expertise across the full gamut of labor and employment matters. It stands out for its work on collective bargaining negotiations in relation to highly unionized workforces. The team is also adept at handling wage and hour matters, wrongful terminations and retaliation as well as disability and gender discrimination claims.

Jackson Lewis is active across the full spectrum of employment litigation and traditional labor work, with noteworthy visibility in the defense of wage and hour and discrimination class actions. It offers additional expertise in immigration law and workplace dispute avoidance. The firm is retained by a diverse list of clients, including government organizations, educational institutions and pharmaceutical companies.

Nutter McClennen & Fish offers an extensive full-service labor and employment practice with particular strength in litigation relating to whistle-blowers, as well as disputes around noncompete agreements and restrictive covenants. The firm is noted for its counseling on matters concerning severance agreements. It is also skilled at defending discrimination and wrongful termination claims.

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart fields experienced trial attorneys well versed in a broad range of employment discrimination and unfair competition issues. It is equipped to handle local, national and international work. The department offers strong expertise across a diverse range of industry sectors, including retail and life sciences. The firm is often retained to advise on high-stakes labor and employment issues, with specialist expertise in whistle-blower and drug testing cases.

Ropes & Gray is an acclaimed national firm representing employers in all manner of complex employment litigation, including wage and hour and discrimination class actions and employment issues arising from M&A. The firm has noteworthy expertise in handling unionized clients in collective bargaining negotiations and unfair labor practice proceedings. It advises clients across a wide spectrum of industry sectors, including private equity, life sciences, technology and education.

Choate Hall & Stewart is noted for its handling of employment disputes such as wage and hour class actions and discrimination claims. The firm stands out for its work on the defense of whistleblower related litigation.

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP is a highly regarded labor and employment boutique with a notable presence in the Boston market. The group is well-equipped to handle all manner of employment cases, including discrimination, harassment and wrongful termination claims, as well as collective bargaining negotiations and NLRB proceedings. It counsels clients across a wide variety of industries including healthcare, education and technology, among others.

Epstein Becker & Green PC offers strong capability in employment litigation matters, including discrimination and wage and hour claims. It also advises on HR and regulatory compliance matters. The group is active in the education, healthcare and manufacturing sectors, among others.

K&L Gates has an admired labor and employment team noted for its work on the full range of contentious and noncontentious matters. The group is frequently called upon to defend employers against discrimination, wage and hour and wrongful termination claims, as well as assisting with highly sensitive workplace investigations and day-to-day employment issues. It also draws upon its international network of offices to expertly advise on global employment matters. Its clients include companies in the financial services, manufacturing and technology industries.

Mintz has a broad-ranging practice that extends to all areas of employment law. Its lawyers are regularly called upon to advise employers on regulatory compliance with local, federal and state employment laws, as well as highly sensitive internal investigations into alleged discrimination and harassment. The group is also well equipped to advise on wage and hour class actions. It advises clients across a wide variety of sectors including life sciences, technology and retail, among others.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP is noted for its well regarded labor and employment team, which represents clients in a broad range of matters. The team boasts particular expertise in executive employment disputes, as well as complex employment litigation.