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Ogletree Deakins is one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management in all types of employment-related legal matters. Premier client service, as outlined in the firm’s Client Pledge, is one of the firm’s top priorities and a cornerstone of its core values. U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” has named Ogletree Deakins a “Law Firm of the Year” for six consecutive years. In 2017, the publication named Ogletree Deakins its “Law Firm of the Year” in the Labor Law-Management category. Ogletree Deakins has 800 attorneys located in 50 offices across the United States and in Europe, Canada, and Mexico. The firm represents a diverse range of clients, from small businesses to Fortune 50 companies.

Premier client service is a firm tradition and remains our top priority.

Our attorneys pledge to:

  • Understand your business and objectives.
  • Focus on and anticipate your needs.
  • Collaborate to develop creative business solutions.
  • Harness technology and innovation to better serve your interests.
  • Communicate in a timely and effective manner.
  • Provide quality representation with exceptional value.
Associate
David’s practice is focused on litigation and counseling related to employment and labor law. His experience includes representing employers in disputes in state and federal court,…
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Of Counsel

Shirin Aboujawde graduated from Boston University in 2004, followed by Saint John’s University School of Law in 2007. She was admitted to practice in New York shortly thereafter. Following…
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Associate
Salvatore specializes in data protection and privacy law. He supports clients across the world with their regulatory data privacy compliance. He works with partners and associates across…
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Shareholder
Maria Anastas is a traditional labor law expert and former NLRB attorney. The overwhelming majority of her practice is focused on representing employers before the NLRB and during union…
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Associate
Ben is an associate in Ogletree Deakins’ Detroit (Metro) office.  Before joining the firm, Ben served as a judicial law clerk to five federal judges in the Eastern District of Michigan: U.S…
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Associate
Chris Anderson is a member of the International Practice Group, which provides worldwide labor and employment law support in over 100 countries. His international practice expertise…
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Of Counsel
Eric A. Berg focuses his practice on construction law, in both litigation and transactional work. Eric has represented developers, international corporations, contractors, subcontractors,…
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Associate
Daniel Bernstein is a management-side labor and employment attorney, representing and counseling clients on a wide range of matters involving:


Federal and state wage and hour matters,…
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Of Counsel
Brian Berry is a litigator in Ogletree Deakins’ San Francisco office.  Mr. Berry focuses his practice on class action employment litigation.  He has broad experience defending class and…
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Shareholder
Jenn Betts represents and counsels employers regarding complex traditional labor and employment matters. Jenn has extensive experience with employment issues. She has defended numerous…
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Associate
Shiv assists clients with employee benefits and executive compensation matters.  He advises clients on a variety of issues related to qualified and nonqualified plans, including plan design…
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Of Counsel

Kristine works with clients on a variety of issues related to health and welfare and retirement plans. Her practice includes advising clients about all aspects of ERISA and Internal…
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Of Counsel
Erica Chee represents employers in a broad area of matters.  She regularly represents employers in traditional labor law issues, including advising and representing management in bargaining…
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Associate
Alexander “Zander” Chemers is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Ogletree Deakins.  Zander has defended employers against discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful…
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Associate
Jacob D. Cherry is an immigration attorney in the Atlanta office.  His practice is focused on employment-based immigration and worksite compliance matters.
Jacob works with multinational…
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Associate
Since being admitted to the bar in 2012, Sarah has been practicing immigration law exclusively. She has expertise in a broad range of immigration matters, including family-based and…
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Associate
Thomas R. Chibnall is an associate in the St. Louis, Missouri, office of Ogletree Deakins. He represents and counsels clients of all sizes in a variety of employment related matters before…
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Shareholder
Tracie Childs focuses her practice on defending national employers against class, representative and collective actions.  She also has extensive experience representing Fortune 500…
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Of Counsel
Julie Devine, a trial lawyer for over 14 years, has extensive experience in all areas of litigation and employment counseling.
Litigation Experience
Julie represents employers in a wide…
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Counsel
Kaitlyn practices U.S. immigration law, with a focus on employment-based immigration. She helps employers prepare immigrant and nonimmigrant visa petitions for foreign nationals seeking…
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Mark has a diverse litigation and counseling practice representing both private and public sector employers.  For more than 25 years he has been defending employers in discrimination,…
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Of Counsel
Kiosha is a 2004 graduate of Columbia College, where she majored in English and minored in Political Science. She earned her Juris Doctor degree from the University of South Carolina School…
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Shareholder
John Dickman is a shareholder in the Chicago office of Ogletree Deakins. He concentrates his practice in employment litigation and counseling. His clients represent a broad spectrum of…
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Associate
Jamie is an associate attorney in the Raleigh office of Ogletree Deakins. She focuses her practice on employment-based immigration.
Jamie completed her undergraduate studies at Georgia…
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Office Managing Shareholder
David Froiland is the Managing Shareholder of Ogletree Deakins’ Milwaukee office and Co-Chair of the firm’s national RIF/WARN practice group. He represents employers before federal and…
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Articling Student
Shir is an Articling Student at Ogletree Deakins’ Toronto office.
Shir holds a Juris Doctor from Queen’s University, Faculty of Law and an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Spanish…
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Associate
Valerie graduated from Wofford College in 2013, where she earned a B.A., magna cum laude, in Spanish and History, with a concentration in Latin American and Caribbean Studies. She was Phi…
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Associate
Michael Furlong is an experienced employment law litigator and counselor. Mr. Furlong represents management in all areas of labor and employment law, including employment discrimination,…
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Of Counsel
Amy’s practice is devoted to representing management in all phases of employment-related disputes and litigation.  She has successfully defended claims under Title VII, Section 1981, the…
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Of Counsel
Linda Goldman has more than twenty years of experience handling the full panoply of employment-related legal matters. She returned to Ogletree Deakins in June 2018 after working in Title IX…
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Counsel
Carlos Gonzalez is a counsel attorney in the Atlanta office of Ogletree Deakins. He has over twenty-five years of experience as an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) attorney…
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Associate
Rio J. Gonzalez is an Associate in the Stamford office of Ogletree Deakins. Rio’s practice focuses on the full range of labor and employment matters including employment discrimination,…
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Shareholder
Over the last 20 years, Ruthie has partnered with labor relations/human resource professionals, corporate executives, operational management and in-house counsel to develop and tactically…
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Of Counsel
*Currently licensed in New York only. Practice limited to federal immigration law.
Amanda practices in the Austin office of Ogletree Deakins. She has extensive experience in employment-…
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Associate
Emily is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Ogletree Deakins. Emily focuses her practice on defending and representing employers against claims for discrimination, harassment,…
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Shareholder
John “J.P.” Hasman is a former National Labor Relations Board attorney who has unique insight into the investigation and prosecution of unfair labor practice cases and conducting NLRB-…
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Associate
Omar Hassan is an associate in the Orange County office of Ogletree Deakins, where his practice focuses on a variety of employment litigation matters, including workplace discrimination,…
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Associate
Alexandra concentrates her practice counseling and representing employers involved in a broad range of labor and employment disputes. Specifically, Alexandra has a substantial amount of…
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Of Counsel
Gregory Robert Hawran is an of counsel attorney in the Miami office of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.  Mr. Hawran’s practice focuses primarily on labor and employment…
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Shareholder
Brian Hayes is a Shareholder in the Washington, DC office of Ogletree Deakins and serves as Co-Chair of the law firm’s Traditional Labor Practice Group. Immediately prior to his joining the…
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Associate
Jean Kim is an attorney in Ogletree Deakins’ Charleston, South Carolina office.  Jean grew up in Austin, Texas and moved to South Carolina during high school.  She graduated from Clemson…
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Associate
Rebekah works with multinational corporations to secure immigration benefits for their employees.  She has expertise in a broad range of immigration matters, including employment-based…
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Shareholder
For 25 years, Mark has helped companies deal with a broad range of issues that affect them as employers, from union avoidance campaigns and employment-related litigation to complex cases…
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Of Counsel
Margot Klein is of counsel with Ogletree Deakins, where she focuses her practice on complex employment litigation, workplace investigations, and matters of diversity, equity, and inclusion…
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Associate
Amy is an associate attorney at Ogletree Deakins in the Portland office. Amy represents employers in all aspects of employment litigation before federal and state courts as well as…
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Associate
Ashley Knapp is an associate attorney in the Raleigh office. Her practice focuses on employment-based immigration matters.
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Of Counsel
Richard (Rick) Libert began his professional career as an employee benefits paralegal in Hartford, Connecticut, quickly determining to attend law school to become an attorney in this…
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Shareholder
Thomas “Tom” Lidbury is the E-Discovery and Records Retention Practice Group Leader and a member of the Class Action practice group. In this role, he develops records retention/information…
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Associate
Becca is an associate attorney in the Ogletree Deakins Denver office. Becca defends employers of all sizes in claims brought under federal and state employment laws. Becca also assists…
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Of Counsel
Matthew Linton advises clients on a broad range of workplace and environmental safety and health issues, employment matters, and government investigations throughout the nation. He…
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Associate
Samantha concentrates in complex corporate immigration matters for companies of all sizes, including H 1B, H-2B, L-1, O-1, and TN nonimmigrant visas; PERM Labor Certifications and EB- 2/3…
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Office Managing Shareholder
Jeffrey C. Londa is a nationally recognized labor and employment lawyer. His practice focuses on all aspects of labor and employment law, including complex employment litigation, class/…
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Of Counsel
Rebecca Marks is a member of the International Practice Group, which provides worldwide labor and employment law support in over 100 countries.
Her expertise includes crafting practical,…
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Shareholder
Caren Marlowe represents corporations and management in labor and employment matters, including unfair competition, discrimination, retaliation, whistleblowing and FMLA. She regularly…
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Shareholder
Jacquelyn P. Maroney practices in the Austin office of Ogletree Deakins. She provides comprehensive business immigration representation to domestic and multinational corporations with a…
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Shareholder
Tevis Marshall is a founding member of the firm's Richmond office and focuses his practice on all aspects of traditional employment law. He regularly counsels employers on a broad range of…
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Associate
Alexis Martin is an associate in the Detroit Metro office of Ogletree Deakins.  Her wide range of practice skills and talents is a result of a career that has taken her from coast to coast…
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Office Managing Shareholder
Mr. Martin is the managing shareholder of the Las Vegas office. His unique practice encompasses two primary components:

representation of management in traditional labor matters
the…
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Associate
Rob Perryman is an associate in the Philadelphia office of Ogletree Deakins. He has represented clients in a variety of different areas.
Rob is known for his ability to adapt to virtually…
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Associate
Christina is an associate in the Toronto office of Ogletree Deakins.
Christina holds a Juris Doctor from Osgoode Hall Law School, a Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety from…
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Senior Counsel
Melissa is a counsel attorney in the St. Louis office of Ogletree Deakins.  She represents and counsels clients in a variety of employment-related matters in both state and federal court,…
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Associate
Zachary Pestine is an experienced litigator who has achieved excellent results for clients, including grants of summary judgment and motions to dismiss with prejudice. Zac’s extensive…
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Associate
Owen is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office. He joined the firm in 2022 after graduating from the Georgetown University Law Center. Owen represents and counsels employers in a wide…
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Shareholder
Mr. Petersen represents and counsels employers regarding a broad range of U.S. and international labor and employment law issues, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other anti-corruption law…
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Of Counsel
Mr. Riga concentrates his practice in the area of employee benefits and privacy and security issues.
Mr. Riga's benefits practice includes work with funds and employers to design, maintain…
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Associate
Kelly Riggs is an associate in the Portland office and represents public and private employers of all sizes in all aspects of employment-related litigation.  She has represented employers…
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Associate
J. Paul Rinnan is Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Labor and Employment Law. He graduated summa cum laude from Texas Christian University in 2007 and received…
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Of Counsel
John Riordan helps clients to resolve business and employment disputes in a timely and cost-effective manner.  If a dispute cannot be resolved by ADR and results in a lawsuit in a…
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Associate
Ms. Ristuccia assists clients on a variety of compliance, administration, and plan design issues for all types of employee benefit plans, including qualified plans, non-qualified plans,…
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Associate
Haidy is an Associate in the Sacramento office of Ogletree Deakins, where she represents employers in a variety of labor and employment litigation matters.
Prior to joining Ogletree Deakins…
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Associate
Scott Siegner is an attorney in the Richmond office of Ogletree Deakins. Scott’s practice includes employment litigation and counseling, with a focus on litigating claims of employment…
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Associate
Savannah represents and advises employers on matters of workplace safety and health. Her practice includes providing guidance on federal OSHA compliance, challenging citations, and…
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Associate
Lexi Seyedan advises individuals and companies on a wide range of immigration matters. She assists employers in obtaining temporary nonimmigrant visas, labor certifications, and permanent…
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Counsel
Erica Shafer is a counsel attorney in the Portland office of Ogletree Deakins. Erica represents employers on employment litigation and advice matters as well as labor matters. Erica has…
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Of Counsel
Geeta Shah practices immigration law in the Chicago office of Ogletree Deakins. She has extensive experience providing strategic counsel to both corporate and individual clients on both…
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Associate
Nancy Shalhub is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office, working on U.S. nonimmigrant and immigrant visa matters. Prior to joining Ogletree Deakins, Nancy practiced employment-based…
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Office Managing Shareholder
As one of the founding attorneys of Ogletree Deakins’s Denver Office, Roger G. Trim’s practice focuses exclusively on representing and counseling employers in a broad spectrum of employment…
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Associate
Savannah assists clients in a wide range of various labor and employment-related matters. Representing employers of all sizes, Savannah works closely with clients to secure positive results…
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Associate
Kate Trinkle is an associate in Ogletree Deakins' Indianapolis office. Kate represents employers in administrative proceedings and in federal and state court litigation against a variety of…
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Associate
Mark Trocinski is an attorney specializing in immigration law. Prior to his practice in immigration, Mark served as a foreign service officer in the Department of State. In this capacity,…
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Of Counsel
Ms. Truesdale has practiced in the area of labor and employment law since 1991. She has spent most of her career in private practice, first with the labor and employment boutique Murphy,…
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Of Counsel
Robert M. Tucker devotes his practice to the representation of management in all aspects of labor relations, employment law and related litigation. He regularly represents management in…
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Associate
Aaron Wilensky focuses his practice on workplace safety and health issues, representing employers facing state and federal OSH investigations.  Aaron also has extensive litigation…
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Articling Student
John is an articling student at the Toronto office of Ogletree Deakins. John previously summered with the firm.
John graduated from Queen’s University’s J.D. / M.I.R. program and holds a…
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Counsel
David C. “Dave” Williams, Jr., is counsel in the Birmingham office of Ogletree Deakins. Dave is a responsive, efficient attorney who focuses on his clients’ needs throughout their cases,…
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Shareholder
Erin E. Williams represents a wide range of companies in all aspects of employment law, including both litigation and advice work.  Ms. Williams’s practice includes representing clients in…
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Associate
Steven’s broad-ranging experience with immigration practice stems from his work within institutions of higher education and the federal government prior to joining Ogletree Deakins. His…
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Shareholder
Thornell Williams began his legal career with Ogletree in 2005.  His practice currently involves providing strategic advice and representation to management clients in traditional labor…
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The National Law Review names Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. a 2022 Go-To Thought Leader for their coverage of coronavirus news in Ontario, Canada. Authors Michael Comartin and Gloria Ilunga detailed the complicated state of Ontario’s COVID-19 testing and lockdown guidance, including the landscape surrounding mandatory remote work, gathering limits, capacity limits, and more. The article saw upwards of 35,000 readers, demonstrating the ongoing importance and widespread need for thought leadership addressing COVID rules and regulations.

 

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