The ArentFox Schiff team is regularly called upon for its contentious labor and employment expertise by clients in the retail and fashion segments, as well as those involved in energy, construction, and professional services. Core areas of practice include litigating claims of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, whistleblower, and wrongful dismissal, in addition to class action and wage and hour mandates. Washington DC-based Michael Stevens heads up the group and has a broad practice that encompasses both contentious employment work and advisory labor law matters. Additional names to note include seasoned Los Angeles-based litigator John Zaimes; San Francisco-based Robert Carrol in San Francisco, who has notable employment class action experience; and Linda Jackson and Alexandra Romero in Washington DC. Key associate Lauren Schaefer works from the Boston office. In August 2023, the Los Angeles office welcomed Daniel McQueen, Morgan Forsey, and Nora Stilestein from Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP.
Testimonials
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‘The team is collaborative, smart and are accessible when needed. I really appreciate that they work as collaborators in trying to resolve issues.’
‘The individuals that I work with are personable, welcoming, smart and practical in their interactions and approach.’
Key clients
- Choice Hotels International
- Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts
- Association of American Medical Colleges
- Microsoft Corporation
- CACI, Inc. – Federal
- Cision Ltd., Cision US, Inc., Falcon Social Inc.
- Jacmar Foodservice Distribution
- Califia Farms
- Enel Energy North America
Work highlights
- Assisted Microsoft Corporation with an independent inquiry into Microsoft’s policies and procedures on gender discrimination and sexual harassment issues.
- Represented Jacmar Foodservice Distribution in an NLRB representation election matter involving Teamsters Local 630 before both the NLRB and the DC Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals.
- Represented CACI, Inc. in a civil theft of trade secrets dispute involving a $7bn government contractor and the former director of the contractor’s digital forensics lab subject to non-complete, no poaching, and non-disclosure provisions.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Michael Stevens