Maritoni Kane

Practice Areas

Maritoni Kane is a litigation counsel in Mayer Brown’s Chicago office. She has extensive experience as a litigator and corporate advisor in the area of labor and employment law and is noted in Chambers USA as a recognized practitioner in Labor & Employment in Illinois.

Employment Litigation: She represents employers in matters before federal and state courts, including defending individual and class claims under EEO laws, collective actions under the FLSA, tort claims, breach-of-contract claims, employee safety and health claims, collective bargaining and unfair labor practice claims, and benefits claims. Maritoni's trial work includes bench and jury trials. She also represents employers in private mediations and court and agency-sponsored formal mediation programs.

Administrative Proceedings: In addition, Maritoni has significant experience before various administrative agencies. She frequently represents employers in proceedings before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and state agency counterparts; the US Department of Labor and state agency counterparts; and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (including employee death cases).

Advice and Counsel: Maritoni also counsels and advises clients on day-to-day employment-related matters, including leave implementation, accommodation issues, and discipline and termination decisions. She has also successfully served in the role of in-house counsel during extended secondments for a major airline, a telecommunications company and a regional bank.

Internal Investigations: She conducts sexual harassment and other internal investigations as a part of her practice. The internal investigations typically involve sensitive issues or complex personnel dynamics.

Drafting: She assists clients in drafting and updating handbooks and policies, and drafting agreements, including employment agreements, separation agreements and restrictive covenant agreements.

Transactions: She also advises on labor and employment issues in corporate transactions, including drafting language for purchase agreements, assessing due diligence materials, drafting offer letters, retention bonus agreements and employment agreements, and assisting with WARN compliance.

Cross-border experience: Maritoni also works on cross-border matters, including working with attorneys in non-US jurisdictions on employment policies, mobility issues, employment and other agreements and general employment law matters related to employees working in non-US jurisdictions and non-US employees working in the US.

Commercial Litigation: Maritoni also represents a number of prominent financial institutions, defending multi-defendant lawsuits challenging mortgage lending practices.