Labor & Employment

Team Leaders

Susan Llewellyn Deniker

Member, Chair, Labor & Employment Department

susan.deniker@steptoe-johnson.com

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Marcia L. DePaula

Member

marcia.depaula@steptoe-johnson.com

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Overview

Steptoe & Johnson’s Labor & Employment attorneys represent employers in all aspects of labor, employment, employee benefits, and occupational injury law. Our goal is to help clients address management issues as well as adversarial matters in industries such as energy, manufacturing, health care, construction, and natural resources.

More than 40 labor and employment attorneys
Labor team members in nine offices covering five states
Six Fellows, American College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
Ranked in Band 1 by Chambers USA

Representative Experience

Counseled public and private employers concerning a variety of state and federal employment laws, including the ADA, FMLA, FLSA, OWBPA, NLRA, Title VII, and the human/civil rights acts of various states
Represented employer before the EEOC and various human/civil rights commissions
100 jury trials involving many different types of employment-related claims
Negotiated severance packages for employees from the top to bottom of organizations
Advised employers in the coal, gas transmission, manufacturing, retail, tourism, hospital/health care, and banking industries on difficult personnel issues
Managed substantial documentation in complex litigation for multiple clients
Defended employers in unfair labor practice charge litigation before the NLRB
Represented clients in appeals before state appellate courts and the United States Courts of Appeals
Defended clients before regulatory agencies such as OSHA, EEOC, OFCCP, and the DOL