Friedman will be a founding member of a cross-practice leadership team focused on meeting growing client needs at the intersection of labor and employment and complex litigation
NEW YORK, February 05, 2024--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Seyfarth Shaw LLP announces the addition of Gary D. Friedman, a nationally recognized leader in the area of labor and employment law, to help launch a new cross-practice advisory group at the nexus of labor and employment law and complex commercial litigation. Friedman, who joins the firm from Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, will be a partner and member of Seyfarth’s national labor and employment department leadership team and is based in New York.
"We are seeing a significant increase in demand for our employment-related commercial litigation work," said Lorie Almon, Seyfarth’s managing partner and chair. "In looking at strategic options for better addressing our clients’ needs, we decided to form an advisory group of labor and employment leaders to guide these efforts. Gary’s talent and legal pedigree made him a natural choice to help lead this group, and we are thrilled to welcome him to Seyfarth."
The former head of Weil’s employment litigation practice group, Friedman is a first-chair trial lawyer with more than 30 years of experience representing employers in bet-the-company class actions, restrictive covenant disputes, internal investigations, and other complex employment and commercial litigation and arbitration matters. His practice includes...
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