Ranking tables
Labor & Employment | USA
Massachusetts
Rankings overview for Departments
Band 1
Band 3
Band 4
Band 5
Fisher Phillips 2 Years Ranked
Holland & Knight LLP 14 Years Ranked
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 3 Years Ranked- Davis, Malm & D'Agostine, P.C.
Senior Statespeople
Band 1
Arthur Telegen Seyfarth Shaw LLP22 Years Ranked
Jaclyn L Kugell Morgan, Brown and Joy LLP14 Years Ranked
James W Bucking Foley Hoag LLP21 Years Ranked
Jeffrey L Hirsch Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP21 Years Ranked
Joshua M Davis Goulston & Storrs17 Years Ranked
Liam O'Connell Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP11 Years Ranked
Lisa J Damon Seyfarth Shaw LLP22 Years Ranked- Mark W Batten Proskauer Rose LLP17 Years Ranked
Robert Hale Goodwin17 Years Ranked
Band 2
Ariel D Cudkowicz Seyfarth Shaw LLP19 Years Ranked
John F Welsh Womble Bond Dickinson US LLP21 Years Ranked
John McKelway McCarter & English, LLP11 Years Ranked
Michael Rosen Foley Hoag LLP14 Years Ranked
Russell Beck Beck Reed Riden LLP15 Years Ranked
Terence McCourt Greenberg Traurig, LLP12 Years Ranked
Band 3
Alison Reif Choate Hall & Stewart LLP6 Years Ranked
Anthony D Rizzotti Littler Mendelson, PC21 Years Ranked
Bradford J Smith Goodwin19 Years Ranked
Donald W Schroeder Foley & Lardner LLP13 Years Ranked
Gregory Keating Littler Mendelson, PC19 Years Ranked
Joseph W Ambash Fisher Phillips18 Years Ranked
Mark Burak Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC6 Years Ranked
Patrick Bannon Seyfarth Shaw LLP13 Years Ranked
Richard D. Glovsky Troutman Pepper Locke LLP11 Years Ranked- Sara Goldsmith SchwartzSchwartz Hannum PC
- William E Hannum IIISchwartz Hannum PC
Band 4
Adam Forman Littler Mendelson, PC21 Years Ranked
Barry Miller Seyfarth Shaw LLP8 Years Ranked- Catherine E Reuben Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP18 Years Ranked
Christopher Pardo Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP3 Years Ranked
David S Rubin Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP4 Years Ranked
Ellen Kearns Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP9 Years Ranked
Gregory Manousos Morgan, Brown and Joy LLP1 Years Ranked
Jennifer Fay Goodwin11 Years Ranked
Jenny Cooper Ropes & Gray LLP10 Years Ranked
Mark Pomfret K&L Gates1 Years Ranked- Max Perlman Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian10 Years Ranked
Michael Bertoncini Jackson Lewis P.C.1 Years Ranked
Miriam McKendall Holland & Knight LLP12 Years Ranked
Neil McKittrick Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC11 Years Ranked
Nicholas DiGiovanni Morgan, Brown and Joy LLP9 Years Ranked
Paul G Lannon Jr Holland & Knight LLP3 Years Ranked- Peter J Moser Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP1 Years Ranked
- Scott Roberts Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP1 Years Ranked
Suzanne King Pierce Atwood LLP5 Years Ranked- Tamsin R KaplanDavis, Malm & D'Agostine, P.C.
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 Morgan, Brown and Joy LLPLabor & Employment2024 | Band 1 | 18 Years RankedMorgan, 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 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.
1 Proskauer Rose LLPLabor & Employment2024 | Band 1 | 14 Years RankedProskauer 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 unpaid internships, as well as labor relations including collective bargaining negotiations.
1 Seyfarth Shaw LLPLabor & Employment2024 | Band 1 | 18 Years RankedSeyfarth Shaw offers a prestigious practice respected for the breadth of its expertise in employment matters, which covers wage and hour class actions, tip statute litigation, and traditional labor law issues. It acts for national employers across a range of industries, including telecommunications, banking and retail, in major trials.
Band 2
2 Foley Hoag LLPLabor & Employment2024 | Band 2 | 18 Years RankedFoley Hoag offers a highly regarded employment practice handling a broad range of traditional labor law issues and workplace disputes for clients across the financial services, retail and manufacturing sectors. The firm is recognized quality in litigating a wide array of matters from unfair labor practices to collective bargaining.
2 Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLPLabor & Employment2024 | Band 2 | 16 Years RankedHirsch 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. It is particularly active in the education, technology and life sciences sectors, with a number of colleges and health centers among its clients.
Band 3
3 GoodwinLabor & Employment2024 | Band 3 | 18 Years RankedGoodwin provides high quality representation and counseling advice to clients across a wide range of labor and employment law issues including discrimination and harassment claims. The firm stands out for its advice to large corporates on high value M&A. The team acts for clients in a variety of sectors, including education, healthcare, biotech and financial services.
3 Greenberg Traurig, LLPLabor & Employment2024 | Band 3 | 9 Years RankedGreenberg 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 wrongful terminations and retaliation as well as disability and gender discrimination claims.
3 Jackson Lewis P.C.Labor & Employment2024 | Band 3 | 18 Years RankedJackson 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, financial institutions and pharmaceutical companies.
3 Littler Mendelson, PCLabor & Employment2024 | Band 3 | 18 Years RankedLittler Mendelson is an established labor and employment law firm representing local and national healthcare and retail clients in a variety of traditional labor law and employment litigation. The firm is recognized in particular for its expertise in wage and hour matters. It is also equipped to advise on company employment policies and processes.
3 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PCLabor & Employment2024 | Band 3 | 15 Years RankedOgletree, 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.
3 Ropes & Gray LLPLabor & Employment2024 | Band 3 | 18 Years RankedRopes & 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.
Band 4
4 Choate Hall & Stewart LLPLabor & Employment2024 | Band 4 | 8 Years RankedChoate 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 whistle-blower related litigation.
4 Goulston & StorrsLabor & Employment2024 | Band 4 | 10 Years RankedGoulston & Storrs is adept at undertaking a wide range of labor and employment matters including negotiating employment and separation agreements, as well as advising on discrimination and harassment in the workplace. The firm is also noted for its handling of class actions, particularly those relating to wage and hour issues.
4 Nutter McClennen & Fish LLPLabor & Employment2024 | Band 4 | 10 Years RankedNutter 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. The firm is noted for its counseling on matters concerning severance agreements. It is also skilled at defending wrongful termination claims and litigation relating to restrictive covenants.
Band 5
5 Fisher PhillipsLabor & Employment2024 | Band 5 | 2 Years RankedFisher Phillips offers labor and employment expertise alongside a traditional labor practice. The team is regularly sought after to represent clients in a wide range of labor and employment matters including discrimination and pay equity.5 Holland & Knight LLPLabor & Employment2024 | Band 5 | 14 Years RankedHolland & Knight represents senior management teams and major employers in the healthcare and technology industries and the higher education sector. The team is widely experienced in all manners of labor litigation and civil rights issues, as well as noncompete agreements and whistle-blower claims. The firm also offers expertise in workplace safety matters including issues relating to OSHA. The team is equipped to handle highly contentious class actions.5 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLPLabor & Employment2024 | Band 5 | 3 Years RankedMorgan, 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.