Labor & Employment: Highly Regarded
USA Guide 2024 : New York
Band 2
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Provided by Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
We provide answers and options, not formulaic or academic legal analyses. We provide strategic counseling and comprehensive representation on the full spectrum of workplace issues, including counseling and compliance, litigation and traditional labor. As one client puts it, our team is “knowledgeable, responsive, keeps up to date on current [employment] matters, engaging, [and] informative.” Our work has been firmly anchored for more than 60 years in a comprehensive and up-to-the-minute understanding of employment and labor relations law. We pass that expertise on to our clients in the form of pragmatic, cost-effective, solutions-oriented advice that solves problems before they start.
However, when litigation becomes necessary, we see it through to its most effective resolution, whether through alternative dispute resolution, arbitration, settlement, or trial. We represent employers in every form of employment litigation, benchmarking our own goals against our clients’. With an impressive record of success earned over years, our attorneys look beyond the conclusion of a dispute to its long-term impact on their employees, reputation, good will, and business and operational objectives.
Chambers Review
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP is active in the labor and employment space, with a particular emphasis on dispute resolution. It is frequently engaged in discrimination, retaliation and wrongful termination claims. The firm is a go-to for a diverse array of clients, including employers in the financial services and healthcare sectors.
Work Highlights
- Kelley Drye & Warren represented Maimonides in a wage and hour class action over alleged "off-the-clock" work violations.
Strengths
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"It is a pleasure to work with Kelley Drye. They are always very responsive, accurate, very friendly and courteous."
"They always respond very quickly and meet tight timescales."
"It is a pleasure to work with Kelley Drye. They are always very responsive, accurate, very friendly and courteous."
"They always respond very quickly and meet tight timescales."
Notable Practitioners
Barbara Hoey defends employers in a variety of employment disputes, including sensitive internal investigations.
"Barbara is instrumental in getting us to the finish line. She is very passionate about her work, an expert in the field, gives very practical yet thoughtful advice and makes you think about all the different nuances of an employment issue."
"She is very tenacious, aggressive, smart and strategic."
Mark Konkel is chair of the firm's labor and employment practice. He counsels a diverse client base on labor and employment disputes and administrative proceedings.
"Mark provides really commercial and practical advice."
"Mark is always responsive and professional. He offers excellent legal and business advice."