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Seyfarth Shaw LLP Offices

975 F STREET, NW
WASHINGTON DC 20004
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Joseph Damato
Work Department
Labor & Employment - Labor Management Relations
Position
Partner, Seyfarth Shaw, LLP
Career
Joseph Damato is a Partner in the Labor & Employment practice group in Seyfarth Shaw LLP’s Washington D.C. office. Joseph has extensive experience in the various substantive areas of labor and employment law, with an emphasis on matters arising under the National Labor Relations Act, including collective bargaining, contract administration and arbitration proceedings, labor issues relating to transactions and National Labor Relations Board proceedings. His experience also includes employment discrimination proceedings, OFCCP and affirmative action matters, wrongful discharge litigation and wage-hour matters.
Joseph’s representation of employers has encompassed myriad types of litigation, including arbitration hearings, administrative proceedings, and court trials. In addition to litigation, his practice includes providing day-to-day counseling to a wide variety of employers. He has been recognized in The Legal 500 (Legalese Ltd.) for Labor and employment – Labor-management relations (2011-2022), and in Chambers USA as a Leading Lawyer for Labor & Employment (2015-2022).
Education
JD, The George Washington University School of Law with Honors
BA, Providence College, Summa Cum Laude
Leisure
Travel, reading, and time with family.
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