Biography

Brett Bartlett is a partner in the Wage & Hour Litigation Practice Group in Seyfarth Shaw’s Atlanta office.  Mr. Bartlett devotes the majority of his practice to the defense of complex federal and state wage and hour litigation.  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 scores of 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 (2002-2006), 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. 

Education

J.D., Mercer University (1999)

Chair Person, Moot Court Board; Wagner Labor & Employment Moot Court Competition, Top-Ten Preliminary Round Oralist

B.A., Oberlin College (1994)

Admissions

• Georgia
• New York

Courts

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits
• U.S. District Court for the Middle and Northern District of Georgia
• Georgia Supreme Court
• Georgia Court of Appeals