Overview
At Bressler, our Employment Group collaborates with our clients to navigate all aspects of the employment relationship. We don’t just offer advice; we build lasting relationships based on trust, ensuring that our clients maintain compliant and effective connections with employees. Our dedicated professionals are committed to understanding each client’s unique needs and challenges, guiding them through the complexities of the employer-employee relationship with the requisite expertise including from our other Practice Groups when appropriate.
When disputes arise, our employment and business clients can rely upon us to represent them vigorously across all platforms—whether in administrative, arbitral, judicial, or regulatory venues nationwide. We have a proven track record of successfully handling thousands of cases for over forty years. We are proud of our reputation for securing the best possible outcomes for our clients, including successful Arbitration Awards and Verdicts while minimizing disruption, controlling costs and protecting clients’ reputations.
Our dual focus represents our clients in two key ways: First, we provide clients with the knowledge and strategies necessary to navigate ever-evolving employment laws and regulations. Second, when circumstances require, we leverage our extensive experience to try cases effectively on our client's behalf. This comprehensive approach not only safeguards our clients' interests but also fosters stronger and deeper long-term client relationships.
We proudly serve a diverse range of clients, including corporations, family offices, private equity firms, hedge funds, corporate officers and directors, as well as individuals in both for-profit and non-profit sectors, across a wide spectrum of industries.
Experience
Experience
Bressler’s Employment Law practice has significant experience representing clients across various industries and professions in employment law matters. This includes individual, class, and collective actions in administrative proceedings, arbitrations, trials, and appeals in numerous federal and state courts throughout the country. We have specialized expertise in labor and employment issues within the financial services, entertainment, and insurance sectors.
Our firm represents employers of all sizes, navigating the complexities of the employer-employee relationship and addressing a wide range of employment law issues, with notable experience including:
- Advising and training clients on proactive measures to minimize the risk of employment litigation.
- Conducting comprehensive investigations.
- Counseling clients on remedial measures and managing reductions in force.
- Defending corporations, their officers, and directors against proposed class action challenges related to multi-billion-dollar transactions.
- Representing a Major League Baseball player in connection with former Senator George Mitchell’s investigation.
- Advocating for a quasi-public insurance guaranty fund in a challenge before the New Jersey Supreme Court regarding significant insurance legislation.
- Assisting a performing artist and songwriter in contractual negotiations while successfully handling securities, products liability, and personal injury cases.
- Securing a multi-million-dollar verdict for a physician-partner in a dispute with his medical practice.
- Advising a major non-profit institution in negotiations with potential affiliates.
- Counseling institutions on how to effectively respond to serious public relations challenges.
