Loeb & Loeb LLP

In recent years, the legal and regulatory employment environment has become increasingly complex. Employers confront a maze of requirements and unprecedented financial liabilities in failing to meet ever-changing federal, state and local legal obligations. Loeb & Loeb’s Employment and Labor Practice provides focused, proactive counsel that reflects our ability to interpret and respond to today’s rapidly changing employment laws, identify and manage risk, and resolve sensitive workplace employment matters efficiently and effectively, allowing our clients to focus on their business at hand. Though we are a full-service team, our employment and labor attorneys place a special emphasis on the strategic development of practical, preventive measures to keep our clients in compliance with federal, state and local employment laws while achieving their business objectives. Should litigation or disputes arise, we offer substantial trial experience and aggressive representation of our clients’ interests in the courtroom and in alternative resolution forums.

We act as outside counsel to corporations, business entities and partnerships of all sizes and types in markets across the country. We also have specialized expertise advising foreign and multinational businesses deploying workforces to the U.S., including with respect to international treaties of which the U.S. is a party. Our clients represent a wide range of industries, including entertainment, advertising and media, financial services, nonprofit, and healthcare.

Our specific areas of concentration include the following: 

• Advice, counseling and compliance, including policy and handbook drafting, in areas such as:
  • Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)/California Family Rights Act (CFRA)/Pregnancy Disability Leave 
  • Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) 
  • Wage and hour
  • Defamation
  • Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
  • Employee privacy rights and handling of consumer information
  • Personnel policies, codes of conduct, social media and email/computer usage policies
  • Internal investigation of complaints
  • Illness and injury prevention programs
  • Harassment, training and "fair workplace" seminars
• Drafting of employee and related agreements, including:
  • Employment and severance arrangements 
  • Invention assignment and proprietary information agreements
  • Restrictive covenant/nonsolicitation/noncompetition agreements
  • Confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements
  • Arbitration and alternative dispute resolution agreements
  • Independent contractor and consulting agreements
• Civil litigation before state and federal courts in class actions and single-plaintiff cases involving:
  • Discrimination, harassment and wrongful termination
  • Restrictive covenants
  • Unfair competition, corporate raiding and trade secret misappropriation
  • Employee wage and hour compensation and misclassification of employees
  • Disability access and accommodation
  • Bonus compensation and contract disputes
  • Foreign and multinational entities
• Proceedings before administrative agencies and defense of agency claims brought by:
  • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and U.S. Department of Labor
  • California Department of Fair Employment and Housing
  • California Department of Labor Standards Enforcement
  • New York State Division of Human Rights; New York City Commission on Human Rights 
  • National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
• Traditional labor and guild and union collective bargaining
• Executive compensation and employee benefits, including:
  • Equity and incentive compensation plans 
  • Deferred compensation and retirement plans 
  • Welfare benefit plans 
  • Profit-sharing and stock plans
  • IRS 409A compliance

At Loeb & Loeb, our commitment to fostering and maintaining a diverse workforce is as important as our commitment to every client, case and transaction. Our inclusive environment and consideration of varied perspectives are essential to creating the best solutions for our clients, and integral elements of our success. It’s just another way: Loeb& Loeb adds Value.
Driving our diversity initiatives are the attorneys and staff who serve on our Workplace Diversity and Inclusion Committee. The mission of the Workplace Diversity and Inclusion Committee is to advance diversity awareness within the firm, establish firm-wide policies and initiatives that support our commitment to maintaining a diverse workforce; foster understanding, communication and respect; and promote an inclusive workplace environment that utilizes the talents of attorneys and staff of all race, color, national origin, ethnic and cultural background, religion, sex, age, medical condition or disability, citizenship, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation or preference and marital, veteran or family status. At Loeb & Loeb we believe drawing on the talents of a diverse pool of attorneys and staff creates a workplace environment that allows us to attract and retain a diverse workforce and to serve our clients more effectively and creatively as a result.
Recruiting and Retention
The Workplace Diversity and Inclusion Committee assists and monitors Loeb & Loeb’s ongoing efforts to promote and achieve its diversity goals, especially the goal of meaningfully increasing the representation and retention of women and minority lawyers at all levels of the firm. The committee advises firm management regarding procedures for enhancing the recruitment, retention and promotion of diverse attorneys, and provides input on ways to integrate diversity goals into everyday decision-making, policies and management practices.
Affinity Groups
Loeb & Loeb attorneys and staff members are active in four affinity groups: Attorneys of Color, LGBT, Women and Parents. These groups provide a voluntary support network designed to create a more inclusive culture, enrich the work environment, and identify solutions and strategies that help the firm recruit, develop, advance and retain talented attorneys. Through thoughtful discussion of topical issues and identification of best practices, our affinity group members are able to drive meaningful change and promote a culture of collaboration and positive action.

Mentoring
Encouraging the professional growth and development of our attorneys is an important focus at Loeb & Loeb. It is key to the success of our attorneys, our firm and our service to clients. Our mentor program provides associates with the structure and framework needed to build skill sets and develop valuable professional connections. Through both informal and formal mentoring, senior lawyers share their experience, knowledge and insight to help guide associates on the path to become future firm leaders.

Community Outreach
Our commitment to diversity is enhanced by our active involvement as members and sponsors of several organizations that support and reflect our diverse society, such as the California Minority Counsel Program and Lambda Legal. We also participate in programs that promote diversity in the legal profession, including the recently expanded Judicial Intern Opportunity Program from which the ABA Section of Litigation places law students of color and those from disadvantaged backgrounds into judicial internships.

In addition, we are a signatory of the Diversity Statement and Policies promulgated by the New York City and Los Angeles County Bar Associations. Both of these initiatives call upon law firms to hire diverse incoming classes and to maintain this diversity as associates rise in seniority and are considered for partnership.

DIVERSITY ADDS VALUE!

To learn more about any of Loeb & Loeb’s diversity initiatives, we invite you to contact our Workplace Diversity and Inclusion Committee co-chairs:

Theresa Davis 
321 North Clark Street
Suite 2300
Chicago, IL 60654
312.464.3188
[email protected]

Channing Johnson
10100 Santa Monica Boulevard
Suite 2200
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Tel 310.282.2322
[email protected]

James Taylor
345 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10154
212.407.4895
[email protected]