Chris’ nationwide practice focuses on all aspects of labor and employment. He has experience representing management in union campaigns, negotiations and other interaction with existing unions, arbitrations, federal and state litigation involving wage and hour laws, employment laws, restrictive covenants, and trade secrets, and before administrative agencies such as the NLRB, EEOC and DOL. He also regularly counsels clients regarding labor and employment policies, standards, decisions, and strategies.

Chris has an extensive wage and hour practice. He regularly represents clients in various industries in FLSA collective actions and in state class wage and hour actions of varying size from dozens of putative plaintiffs to thousands and involving issues from alleged misclassification of employees to alleged off-the-clock work. He also has conducted extensive wage and hour audits for clients, represented clients during DOL investigations, and advised clients regarding internal wage and hour decisions.