Mr Lawrence Lorber > Seyfarth Shaw LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile
Seyfarth Shaw LLP Offices

975 F STREET, NW
WASHINGTON DC 20004
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Mr Lawrence Lorber

Work Department
Labor and Employment Department; Complex Discrimination Litigation Practice Group, Wage & Hour Litigation Practice Group, Employment Law Counseling, and Government Relations.
Position
As Senior Counsel at Seyfarth Shaw, Mr. Lorber’s practice focuses on employment counseling and regulatory enforcement representation. He regularly advises and represents employers in regulatory and government enforcement, executive contracts, terminations and benefit issues. He is often called upon to testify at Congressional and regulatory hearings.
Career
Member, D.C. and New York Bar Associations; Former Executive Assistant Solicitor of Labor, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor, Former Director, OFCCP; Board of Directors, Office of Congressional Compliance; Chair, U.S. Chamber of Commerce EEO Subcommittee. Special Counsel U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Business Roundtable. Co-Chair Committee on Federal Legislation- ABA, Labor and Employment Section. Fellow- College of Labor & Employment Lawyers.
Memberships
Honorary Life Member- Society for Human Resources Management
Fellow- College of Labor & Employment Lawyers
Education
JD, University of Maryland School of Law (1970); BA, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York (1967).
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
(Leading partners)Seyfarth Shaw LLP, which is headquartered in Chicago, offers a wide range of services for large international corporations, from investigations to helping clients implement diversity and inclusion strategies, and has significant experience with regards to federal legislative and regulatory policy issues. David Baffa, located in Chicago, leads the workplace counseling and solutions team. William Perkins, who has decades of experience advising clients on complex matters, is based in New York – he is particularly experienced in the application of leave laws and matters concerning disabled employees. Lisa Damon, based in Boston, is a well-versed litigator and counselor on matters concerning company senior executives. Operating from Washington DC, Lawrence Lorber frequently works on regulatory enforcement actions. Joshua Seidman, working from New York, has notable expertise in both mandatory paid sick and safe leave laws, as well as family medical leave laws. In Atlanta, Renate Walker is adept in handling paid leave, absence management and accommodations, and employment policy development and review. In January 2024, Gary Friedman
joined the firm from Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners United States > Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Workplace and employment counseling United States > Labor and employment
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Government > Government contracts
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Tax > Not-for-profit (Fortune 1000 private foundations, national trade associations, and charities)
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Industry focus > Cannabis
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious