Kelly Dobbs Bunting > Greenberg Traurig LLP > Philadelphia, United States > Lawyer Profile
Greenberg Traurig LLP Offices
2700 TWO COMMERCE STREET
2001 MARKET STREET
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103
PENNSYLVANIA
United States
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Kelly Dobbs Bunting
Work Department
Labor & Employment
Position
Shareholder
Career
Kelly Bunting is Co-Chair of the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice’s Workforce Compliance & Regulatory Enforcement group. She litigates federal and state class and collective actions alleging wage and hour violations, misclassification, overtime, minimum wage and off-the-clock work. She also defends employers around the country in single plaintiff litigation involving gender, age, disability, race, national origin, religious and pregnancy discrimination, harassment and retaliation; whistleblower claims; theft of trade secrets; breach of duty; breach of employment agreements and restrictive covenants. Kelly has appeared before the EEOC, the NLRB, the DOL and many state agencies. She drafts and negotiates national and international employment agreements, secondment agreements, settlement and severance agreements. She has represented employers in numerous U.S. Department of Labor audits and investigations, and has conducted labor and employment due diligence in many M&A transactions.
Concentrations
Labor and employment litigation
Employment/HR counseling
International labor and employment law
Compliance/HR training
Capabilities
Labor & Employment
International Employment, Immigration & Workforce Strategies
Litigation
Trial Practice
Admission to Practice
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Languages
English
Education
- J.D., Temple University Beasley School of Law, 2001
- B.A., Communications, Broadcast News, University of South Florida
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
Greenberg Traurig LLP’s workplace compliance and counseling team offers a wide range of services for global companies. The firm handles everyday matters, such as regulatory, transactional, and compliance, as well as general services, including drafting employee handbooks and negotiating favorable settlements with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and state agencies. The practice is jointly led by James Boudreau in Philadelphia, and Naomi Beer in Denver. Both Boudreau and Beer are well regarded advisors in class and collective action employment matters. Based in New Jersey, Galit Kierkut‘s practice focuses on both litigation and counseling in areas including restrictive covenants, privacy, and trace secret counseling. Kelly Dobbs Bunting, working from Philadelphia, is well experienced in advising on class and collective wage and hour strategies. John Richards focuses on labor and employment matters in the retail sector, particularly concerning matters of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Real estate > Real estate
Firm Rankings
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Industry focus > Native American law
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Finance > Project finance
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Government > Government contracts
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Healthcare > Service providers
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense