Brett Bartlett is chair of Seyfarth Shaw's Labor & Employment Department in Atlanta, a member of the Department's National Steering Committee, and a leader of the firm's National Wage & Hour Litigation Practice Group. Mr. Bartlett, who is also one of three editors-in-chief of the definitive 912-page treatise on wage and hour litigation, Wage & Hour Collective and Class Litigation, devotes the majority of his practice to the defense of complex federal and state wage and hour cases. He also provides preventative counseling and change management assistance to employers wishing to limit their exposure to investigation and litigation under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and the state laws that require employers to pay overtime and minimum wages to their employees.

Mr. Bartlett represents employers across the United States in court litigation and administrative matters arising under federal and state wage and hour laws.  He has defended more than 80 class and collective actions brought by employees alleging entitlement to unpaid overtime and minimum wage in the financial services, telecommunications, manufacturing, newspaper, insurance, medical, pharmacy, retail, and real estate holding industries, among others.  Those actions have ranged from the most complex, brought as hybrid actions under state and federal law and involving thousands of employees, to the more basic, asserting individual claims for overtime under the FLSA.  Mr. Bartlett also has provided preventative counseling and training to employers wishing to limit their exposure to those actions – and to state and federal administrative agency investigation.

Mr. Bartlett frequently speaks at seminars and conferences regarding employers’ compliance with wage and hour matters, contributes to such publications as the  Fair Labor Standards Act, Cumulative Supplement, ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law (2002-2009), and has been quoted in several newspapers and professional journals.  He also is a member of the ABA/BNA Fair Labor Standards Legislative Committee.  Prior to beginning his management-side employment law practice, he chaired his law school’s moot court board, argued in the Wagner Labor & Employment Moot Court Competition, and was awarded the ABA/BNA Award for Excellence in the Study of Labor & Employment Law.  In December 2011, Mr. Bartlett was named one of Georgia's top attorneys in the area of Labor and Employment in Georgia Trend magazine's "Legal Elite" 9th annual listing.    

Brett Bartlett is chair of Seyfarth Shaw's Labor & Employment Department in Atlanta, a member of the Department's National Steering Committee, and a leader of the firm's National Wage & Hour Litigation Practice Group. Mr. Bartlett, who is also one of three editors-in-chief of the definitive 912-page treatise on wage and hour litigation, Wage & Hour Collective and Class Litigation, devotes the majority of his practice to the defense of complex federal and state wage and hour cases. He also provides preventative counseling and change management assistance to employers wishing to limit their exposure to investigation and litigation under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and the state laws that require employers to pay overtime and minimum wages to their employees.

Mr. Bartlett represents employers across the United States in court litigation and administrative matters arising under federal and state wage and hour laws.  He has defended more than 80 class and collective actions brought by employees alleging entitlement to unpaid overtime and minimum wage in the financial services, telecommunications, manufacturing, newspaper, insurance, medical, pharmacy, retail, and real estate holding industries, among others.  Those actions have ranged from the most complex, brought as hybrid actions under state and federal law and involving thousands of employees, to the more basic, asserting individual claims for overtime under the FLSA.  Mr. Bartlett also has provided preventative counseling and training to employers wishing to limit their exposure to those actions – and to state and federal administrative agency investigation.

Mr. Bartlett frequently speaks at seminars and conferences regarding employers’ compliance with wage and hour matters, contributes to such publications as the  Fair Labor Standards Act, Cumulative Supplement, ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law (2002-2009), and has been quoted in several newspapers and professional journals.  He also is a member of the ABA/BNA Fair Labor Standards Legislative Committee.  Prior to beginning his management-side employment law practice, he chaired his law school’s moot court board, argued in the Wagner Labor & Employment Moot Court Competition, and was awarded the ABA/BNA Award for Excellence in the Study of Labor & Employment Law.  In December 2011, Mr. Bartlett was named one of Georgia's top attorneys in the area of Labor and Employment in Georgia Trend magazine's "Legal Elite" 9th annual listing.