Labor & Employment
USA Guide 2024 : Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds
Band 3
Contact number
816 474 6550About
Provided by Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
Shook, Hardy & Bacon’s employment litigation team exclusively represents corporate employers—including as national counsel for a number of Fortune 500 companies throughout the United States. Shook’s approach is distinguished by creative, cost-effective litigation strategies, and often blurs the traditional litigation specialty lines to offer clients the breadth of Shook’s world-class litigation experience.
Shook labor and employment attorneys focus on early case evaluation, effective motion practice and favorable summary judgment outcomes, as well as jury trials. In addition, this practice has extensive experience representing clients before the entire spectrum of quasi-judicial tribunals, including Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, U.S. Department of Labor, the National Labor Relations Board, state and local administrative agencies, and in alternative dispute resolution proceedings.
Chambers Review
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP has a solid reputation for its labor and employment capabilities in the Kansas City market. The firm demonstrates particular strengths in trial litigation, representing clients in class actions and large plaintiff cases including discrimination disputes. It represents an impressive list of high-profile clients including multinational corporations from the retail, insurance and automotive industries.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Shook, Hardy & Bacon offers sound commercial solutions to all matters that arise."
"The law firm offers a pragmatic and effective approach in navigating and handling tricky employment matters."
"Shook, Hardy & Bacon has strong subject matter experts who are able to develop a deep understanding of our business."
"Shook, Hardy & Bacon offers sound commercial solutions to all matters that arise."
"The law firm offers a pragmatic and effective approach in navigating and handling tricky employment matters."
"Shook, Hardy & Bacon has strong subject matter experts who are able to develop a deep understanding of our business."
Notable Practitioners
William Martucci has an excellent reputation for defending employers in wage and hour matters and discrimination and retaliation cases.
"William is a magnetic trial lawyer. He is also a strong adviser to business leaders when complex situations arise."