Practice Areas & Industries: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.

Practice/Industry Group Overview

Ogletree Deakins' labor and employment practice counsels management clients in every area of labor and employment law. Ogletree Deakins is considered to be one of the premier law firms when it comes to labor and employment matters. In the area of "traditional" labor relations, we have worked with clients across the country in literally thousands of union organizing drives. Our clients have called upon us to handle some of the largest and most significant union organizing drives in the United States involving airlines, hospitals and freight deliverers, among many others. If a petition for union representation or decertification is filed with the NLRB, Ogletree Deakins attorneys work closely on or off-site with our client's management team throughout the election process to ensure compliance with applicable law. Our lawyers also represent clients in unfair labor practice proceedings before the NLRB, labor contract negotiations and arbitrations.

Services Available

Areas of Expertise:

• Affirmative Action
• Age Discrimination in Employment Act
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Arbitration
• Background Investigations
• Civil Rights Litigation
• Class Action Defense
• COBRA
• Collective Bargaining
• Compensation
• Disabilities
• Discrimination Cases
• Diversity in the Workplace
• Drugs and Alcohol in the Workplace
• Employee Benefits
• Employee Privacy Rights
• Employment Contracts
• Equal Employment Opportunity
• ERISA
• Family and Medical Leave Act
• Government Contractors
• Handbooks
• Harassment Claims and Investigations
• Immigration Law
• Internet-Based Training
• Independent Contractor Issues
• International Employment
• Labor - Management Relations
• Litigation
• Live Training Programs
• Management Training Seminars
• Mediation
• National Labor Relations Board
• Negotiations
• Non-Compete Agreements
• Occupational Safety and Health Law
• OFCCP Matters
• Personnel Policies
• Plant Closings and Reductions in Force
• Railway Labor Act
• Retaliation Claims
• Sexual Harassment
• Temporary Employees and Employee Leasing
• Unfair Labor Practices
• Unemployment Claims
• Unemployment and Disability Benefits
• Unfair Competition and Non-Compete Litigation
• Union Avoidance Training
• Union Election Campaigns
• Wage and Hour
• WARN Compliance
• Workers' Compensation
• Workplace Violence Control Plans
• Wrongful Discharge Claims

Clients:
Becon Construction Co., Inc., Borg Warner Automotive, Inc., Burlington Industries, Inc., Deere & Company, Fluor Corp., Ford Motor Company, Duke University, General Electric Co., Johnson Controls, Inc., Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc., Roadway Express, This is a partial client list. You may revise as desired.