WHITE PLAINS, NY (December 22, 2011) - Jackson Lewis LLP, one of the country’s largest and fastest-growing workplace law firms, is pleased to announce that L&E Global, the international alliance providing counsel to employers on employment, labor, workplace privacy, employee benefits and immigration law, has been named “Cross Border Law Firm of the Year” as well as “New Law Firm of the Year” by Lawyer Monthly for 2011. Jackson Lewis is a founding member of L&E Global, which has grown to include twelve firms after launching in January 2011 and is now comprised of leading employment law boutiques from Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Spain, and the United States.
“We are very pleased to see L&E Global recognized for its tremendous achievements over the past year,” said Patrick L. Vaccaro, Jackson Lewis Firm-wide Managing Partner. “Our involvement in this alliance has yielded positive returns for our clients. We are now better able to quickly respond to our clients’ requests for assistance outside of the United States and can connect them with leading employment law practitioners around the globe including Alliance partners. It also allows our Alliance Partners and other non-US based Firms to obtain, through Jackson Lewis, the best quality representation for their clients doing business in the U.S. and we intend to help grow Alliance in the years ahead.”
L&E Global, founded as an integrated alliance of premier employment law boutique firms advising on all workplace law-related matters that international employers may have to deal with, aims to provide clients with the coverage they need with seamless integration, resulting in high quality legal services at a reasonable cost. To date, member firms have worked together on many sophisticated international employment law projects, such as multi-country organizational restructurings, strategic legal advice regarding potential options in response to global corporate campaigns launched by trade unions and training for core legal and human resources team members on cross- border employment issues to name a few. The alliance’s seamless integrated approach enables clients to obtain advice with one point of contact.
For more information about L&E Global, please visit http://leglobal.org/.
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About Jackson Lewis
Founded in 1958, Jackson Lewis, dedicated to representing management exclusively in workplace law, is one of the fastest growing workplace law firms in the U.S., with over 670 attorneys practicing in 48 cities nationwide. We have a wide-range of specialized practice areas, including: Affirmative Action and OFCCP Planning and Counseling; Disability, Leave and Health Management; Employee Benefits, including Complex ERISA Litigation and Executive Compensation; Global Immigration; Labor, including Preventive Practices; Litigation, including Class Actions, Complex Litigation and e-Discovery; Trade Secrets, Non-Competes and Workplace Technology; Wage and Hour Compliance; Workplace Safety Compliance and Corporate Diversity Counseling. In addition, Jackson Lewis provides advice nationally in other workplace law areas, including: Reductions in Force, WARN Act; Corporate Governance and Internal Investigations; Drug Testing and Substance Abuse Management; International Employment Issues; Management Education, including e-Based Training; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Public Sector Issues; Government Relations; Collegiate and Professional Sports; and Privacy, Social Media and Information Management.
For the 10th consecutive year, Jackson Lewis has been recognized for delivering client service excellence to the world’s largest corporations. Representing a decade of excellence, we have once again earned a spot on the BTI Client Service A-Team. Jackson Lewis has also been recognized by in-house counsel of Fortune 1000 companies after a comprehensive survey, as “the single highest-ranked firm clients want by their side in employment battles.” In addition, Jackson Lewis is ranked in the First Tier nationally in the categories of both Employment Law and Labor Law on behalf of Management in the U.S. News – Best Lawyers ® “Best Law Firms.” Jackson Lewis has one of the most active employment litigation practices in the United States, with a current caseload of over 5000 litigations and approximately 300 class actions with over 2100 litigations brought to the firm in 2010 alone. And finally, Jackson Lewis is affiliated with L & E Global Employers’ Counsel Worldwide.
Additional information about Jackson Lewis can be found at www.jacksonlewis.com.
For more information, please contact:
Lara Hamm, Jackson Lewis LLP
T: (703) 483-8373
Email: hamml@jacksonlewis.com