Companies require attorneys who provide forward-thinking counsel to the most challenging issues facing employers in the modern workplace.
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Companies require attorneys who provide forward-thinking counsel to the most challenging issues facing employers in the modern workplace.
Businesses face daily threats to their reputations, investor confidence, and profitability. Perkins Coie’s labor and employment rapid-response teams directly tackle threats posed by health crises, workplace discrimination, sexual harassment, trade secret, wage-and-hour, and other high-profile issues. With sweeping geographic reach and substantive depth, our professionals guide the nation's most prominent and emerging companies in managing and building their workforces. We protect employers' investment in employees and bottom line with preventative counseling and proven courtroom defenses.
Businesses face daily threats to their reputations, investor confidence, and profitability. Perkins Coie’s labor and employment rapid-response teams directly tackle threats posed by health crises, workplace discrimination, sexual harassment, trade secret, wage-and-hour, and other high-profile issues. With sweeping geographic reach and substantive depth, our professionals guide the nation's most prominent and emerging companies in managing and building their workforces. We protect employers' investment in employees and bottom line with preventative counseling and proven courtroom defenses.
Employment Litigation
Employment challenges have the ability to make or break a business. Perkins Coie’s Employment Litigation attorneys assist clients in anticipating, addressing, and resolving employment matters before they develop into full-blown disputes. When litigation is inevitable, we represent our clients with the collective and individual depth and breadth of our experienced litigation attorneys.
Workplace Investigations & Audits
The ever-increasing complexity of workplace regulations affects businesses of all sizes. When our clients are faced with potential allegations regarding issues from health and safety to financial misconduct, discrimination allegations, and other mission-critical issues, they turn to our seasoned Workplace Investigations & Audits attorneys for guidance.
Employment Counseling & Training
Businesses must constantly stay ahead of state and federal statutes to remain competitive and successful. Perkins Coie’s Employment Counseling & Training attorneys assist clients in developing and implementing current employment policies.
Traditional Labor
Labor union matters pose great challenges and opportunities for employers. Whether faced with the possibility of a newly unionized workforce, compensation negotiations with an existing union, or impending litigation, businesses depend on knowledgeable labor attorneys. Perkins Coie’s experienced Labor attorneys bring to bear their significant experience in addressing these high-stakes issues.
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Among the best firms in the nation for labor and employment law.
Our clients large and small share a need to cost-effectively attract and retain safe and productive workforces. Perkins Coie’s attorneys assist in these efforts by addressing transactional and litigation matters and managing the day-to-day concerns that arise in active workplaces and human resource departments.
Constant changes in the legal and social landscape influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, racial and social justice movements, the growing use of artificial intelligence and machine learning, and new governmental administrations demand that employers evaluate and reevaluate existing policies and procedures, both for compliance and effectiveness. We advise companies on strategic and preventive approaches in these areas, and help clients strengthen the efficacy of their policies and initiatives.
From sensitive internal investigations and labor and employment audits to expanding millennial-friendly policies and prevailing in wage-and-hour class actions across the United States, we anticipate the legal threats facing employers and manage those that arise.
While our lawyers offer a full range of services, we are first and foremost trial attorneys with formidable experience trying cases in federal and state courts throughout the country. Indeed, our lawyers are among the handful of attorneys anywhere in the nation who have taken employment class actions to trial—and prevailed. Moreover, we have an exceptional depth of experience with negotiating and administering collective bargaining agreements for some of the largest union employers in America.
And we practice what we preach. It's no accident that Perkins Coie has been consistently listed as one of the "100 Best Places to Work For" in Fortune's annual survey.
Industry Depth Positions Clients Ahead of Emerging Issues
Businesses rely on our extensive experience advising industry market leaders to help them stay in front of best practices and evolving regulations. Perkins Coie provides powerful firmwide resources and resident authorities to directly address employers' challenges in:
- Tech and SaaS (Software as a Service)
- Retail and consumer products
- Digital Media & Entertainment, Gaming & Sports
- Defense contracting
- Manufacturing
- Gig economy and other independent contractor issues
- Financial services
- Hospitality
- Higher education
Trial-Tested Strategies Create Decisive Advantages
In the era of the disappearing jury trial, Perkins Coie's employment litigation bench is active and tested in state and federal courtrooms. We have taken class actions to trial and won. Our deep practice strengths include defeating class certifications and defending complex discrimination litigation. We have litigated scores of multi-plaintiff and class actions involving Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and state wage-and-hour claims in recent years. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, we have identified a number of remote deposition technology solutions that provide a simple, secure, and efficient way to conduct depositions and prepare deposition witnesses when the witnesses are in a different location.
While we pursue efficient litigation strategies and alternative resolution forums, we also understand that clients' business goals may not always align with resolving disputes at trial. Litigation prevention is a major focus of our counseling teams, who also provide extensive guidance on compliance with the complete slate of federal and state rules governing employers.
