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.
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Key clients
- BNP Paribas
- New York Life Insurance Company
- Thomson Reuters
- Lyft
- Halliburton
- 7-Eleven
- Ulta Beauty
Work highlights
- Authored comments on the DOL’s proposed independent contractor rule on behalf of organizations with members across a wide range of industries, such as, The Coalition for Workforce Innovation (CWI), the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the US Chamber of Commerce, and the News Media Alliance.
- Worked with an employee benefits public policy organization to highlight the inconsistencies across America’s growing paid family leave and paid family medical leave patchwork, and the challenges and complexities this patchwork creates for employers and employees.
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