The employment and labor practice at Dentons operates from a wide range of locations within the US, including offices in Atlanta, Indianapolis, Salt Lake City, Pittsburgh, and Des Moines. The firm’s large presence enables the employment practice to provide counsel to a uniquely broad variety of clients, including advising on Native American employment matters for the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, a federally recognised tribe in California. The firm also provides counsel to major international clients on US employment policies and practices, as well as issues of sovereign immunity and diplomatic privileges. The practice is led by Daniel Beale, Andrew Gruber, and Jo Whitney from Atlanta, Indianapolis, and Des Moines respectively. Beale’s practice focuses on counseling international clients operating in the US as well as US clients with a global presence; while Gruber advises clients on traditional labor law issues, such as collective bargaining, union avoidance, and NLRB representation; Whitney has recently been counseling a variety of healthcare providers concerning the increase of AI in the workforce.

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Key clients

  • Ripple
  • Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation (Cache Creek Casino Resort) and other representation of Indian Tribes
  • WePrescribe, Inc., dba Cloudwell Health
  • Worldwide Clinical Trials, Inc.
  • DIRTT Environmental Solutions, Ltd.
  • Various healthcare providers

Work highlights

  • Representing various Indian tribal sovereign nations and their tribal business entities, such as casinos, in all aspects of their labor and employment needs.
  • Advise and counsel Worldwide Clinical Trials (WCT), a well-known clinical research organization, on restrictive covenant and non-compete matters, particularly with regard to WCT's hiring practices.
  • Represented a client, with operations in Canada and the United States and sales representatives in all 50 states, with reviewing the company’s sales incentive policies and made them uniform as between the United States and Canada.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Daniel Beale, Andy Gruber, Jo Whitney

Other key lawyers

Rick Hymas, Carsen Ruperto