E. Fredrick Preis, Jr.

Practice Areas

Labor & Employment

Education

Healthcare

Gaming

Hotels and Leisure

Associations and Nonprofits

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Banking & Finance

Civil Rights Litigation and Governmental Entity Defense

Government Contracts

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association, Member of the Developing Labor Law Board of Editors

American Red Cross Southeast Louisiana Chapter, Former Chairman, Board of Directors, Executive Committee, and Chair of Nominating Committee

Council for a Better Louisiana - 2010 Leadership Louisiana

GNO, Inc., Board of Directors

Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Louisiana, Past Chairman of the Board of Directors

Jefferson Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of Political Action Committee, Immediate Past Chairman, Past secretary of the Board of Directors and Current Board Member

Jefferson Business Council Executive Board for 2019

Jefferson Business Council Member, 2017-Present

Jefferson Business Council (Chairman 2024)

Leading Age Non-Profit Long Term Care Association National Legal Committee, Chair, (2016-2017)

Leading Age Compliance & Business Ethics Advisory Group, Member, 2017

Leading Age Nursing Home Advisory Group, Member, 2017

Louisiana Association of Business & Industry, immediate past Chairman of the Board of Directors and Member of Executive Committee and Board of Directors; Louisiana Right to Work Committee's Board of Directors and Vice President

Louisiana Hospital Association, Past President of Society of Hospital Attorneys

Louisiana State Bar Association, Past Chairman; Labor Law Section, Vice-Chair Labor Law Specialization Advisory Commission, 2016

National Academy of Hospitality Industry Attorneys, Charter Member

New Orleans Bar Association, Past Chairman - Labor Law Section

New Orleans Chamber Foundation, Treasurer

New Orleans Chamber of Commerce, Past Chairman of the Board of Directors

New Orleans, Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau , Served 3 terms as member of Board of Directors

Rotary Club of New Orleans, Past Member of the Board of Directors, Paul Harris Fellow and Member of the Board of Directors of New Orleans Rotary Foundation

Louisiana Liaison Group State Association of Federal Government Contractors, Past President

Career

Fred Preis is a partner in the New Orleans office where he is a senior member of the labor and employment law section. Prior to serving as an officer in the United States Army, Fred earned both his undergraduate degree in business and his law degree from Louisiana State University. He has been representing management in labor law and employee relations matters throughout the United States for more than 30 years.

As both a trial lawyer and advisor, Fred has served as lead labor counsel for Fortune 500 companies, as well as trade associations and employers in numerous mid-sized and small industries and businesses throughout the United States. He is sought after as a speaker and known as an innovator in the development of employee relations programs and has testified before the State legislature on a number of occasions. He has also been interviewed and used as a source by the Wall Street Journal. Fred is past Chairman of both the Louisiana and New Orleans Bar Association Labor Law Sections. He is a member of the Board of Editors for The Corporate Counselor, a national newsletter. Fred was selected by City Business Newspaper for the Legal Hall of Fame and has been recognized by Super Lawyers Magazine, and the New Orleans Magazine as one of the outstanding lawyers in the field of labor and employment law. He has repeatedly been named as one of America’s leading labor and employment lawyers by the well-respected news publication, Chambers USA America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in Louisiana.

Active in many business and civic endeavors, Fred is Chairman Emeritus of the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce, former Chairman of the Jefferson Parish Chamber of Commerce and past chairman of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI) which functions as the State Chamber of Commerce. Fred serves as Chairman of the Jefferson Business Council and as Chairman of the Louisiana Right to Work Committee and has completed terms as Chairman of the American Red Cross Southeastern Louisiana Division and President of the Louisiana Liaison Group of Federal Government Contractors. He was also Chairman of the National Legal Committee for Leading Age Long Term Care Association and continues as a long-time member of the National Committee.

Fred has also served as President of Willow Wood/Woldenburg Home for the Aged, President of the Louisiana Hospital Association Society of Hospital Attorneys, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Goodwill Industries, and as a member of the Board of Directors of GNO, Inc., CBNO/MAC, World Trade Center, and the Rotary Club where he is a Paul Harris fellow.

Fred has written numerous scholarly articles on employment law, which have appeared in publications such as the Loyola Law Review, The Corporate Counselor, Employee Relations Law Journal, CityBusiness, and the Louisiana State Bar Journal. He also is a contributing editor to The Developing Labor Law book published by the American Bar Association.

Education

Awards