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Three Prominent Labor & Employment Attorneys Join Seyfarth Shaw Partnership
05/08/2006
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- Richard B. Lapp in Chicago, Stuart Newman in Atlanta and Richard M. Reice in New York Strengthen its Nationally Recognized Practice Group -
Chicago, IL (May 8, 2006) - - Seyfarth Shaw LLP, one of America’s leading full service law firms, announced that three prominent labor and employment attorneys have joined the firm’s partnership adding additional strength and experience to a practice group known for its deep bench of knowledgeable and sophisticated legal representation.
Richard B. Lapp re-joins the firm in its Chicago office; previously, he was with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. Stuart Newman is in Atlanta; most recently, he was the managing partner of Jackson Lewis’ Atlanta office. Richard M. Reice is resident in New York, prior to his joining Seyfarth Shaw, he was partner at Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner LLP.
Lapp’s practice includes labor and employment litigation before federal and state courts and agencies, in particular, representing employers in class and collective actions and multi-plaintiff cases. His experience also encompasses advice and counseling on a variety of labor and employment issues, arbitration and mediation, and internal investigations. Lapp is a member of the American Bar Association and within, the ABA’s Labor and Employment, Dispute Resolution and Litigation (including the Committee on Class and Derivative Actions and Business Law) Sections, the Chicago Bar Association and the Seventh Circuit Bar Association. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University and his J.D. cum laude (Order of the Coif) from the University of Wisconsin School of Law.
Newman’s substantive practice covers the range of labor and employment law matters, but has and will be focused on traditional labor relations including complex collective bargaining and all other labor-management related areas. He was responsible for founding the Atlanta office of Jackson Lewis 28 years ago and has watched over its steadfast growth and integration in the Atlanta and Southeast marketplace. Newman is admitted to both the New York and Georgia state bars; he is a member of the American Bar Association, the Atlanta Bar Association and the Lawyers Club of Atlanta. He is a published author and a Member and Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the New York Military Academy. Newman also performs pro bono services as volunteer employment counsel and advisor to Temple Dor Tamid in Alpharetta, GA. He received his B.A from the State University of New York and his J.D., cum laude, from Albany Law School.
Reice represents management and has extensive experience in the telecommunications and health care fields. He has tried cases in the federal and state courts, before numerous arbitrators and administrative agencies including the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). He has additional expertise in collective bargaining and litigating labor related arbitrations. With prior experience as a vice president of human resources and senior associate general counsel, Reice has particular expertise in employee relations, alternative dispute resolution program design and implementation, management of reductions-in-force, wage and hour, Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and affirmative action and corporate employee policy issues. He regularly provides advice and counsel with regards to these and other employment related matters. He received his B.A., with honors, from the University of Michigan; he earned his J.D. from the Benjamin Cardozo School of Law.
“I am very pleased to welcome these three experienced attorneys, all of whom are well-recognized for their work regionally as well as nationally,” stated Jeremy P. Sherman, chair of the firm’s Labor and Employment Group. “Richard Lapp’s practice extends to a wide variety of employment litigation, counseling and labor-management relations matters, and he is particularly experienced in managing large multi-plaintiff class and collective actions. We are pleased and gratified to welcome him back to the firm. Stuart Newman is one of the top labor lawyers in Atlanta with a practice that is national in scope. He is widely regarded as one of the finest lawyers representing management in the labor relations field. Richard Reice has a robust traditional labor practice, and has vast experience in collective bargaining, labor litigation and NLRB practice. He is a skilled employment litigator who has conducted a substantial number of trials in state and federal court and before administrative agencies.”
Seyfarth Shaw offers clients both nationwide geographic coverage and sophisticated employment law solutions. The firm’s national roster of labor and employment attorneys have deep knowledge in the full range of discrete labor and employment areas, including employment discrimination class actions, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) disputes, wage and hour collection and class actions, workplace safety and health suits, California labor code class actions, traditional labor litigation and employee disloyalty suits, among others.
Seyfarth Shaw has over 650 attorneys located in nine offices throughout the United States including Chicago, New York, Boston, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Sacramento as well as Brussels, Belgium. Seyfarth Shaw provides a broad range of legal services in the areas of labor and employment, employee benefits, litigation and business services. The firm’s practice reflects virtually every industry and segment of the country’s business community. Clients include over 200 of the Fortune 500 companies, financial institutions, newspapers and other media, hotels, health care organizations, airlines and railroads. The firm also represents a number of federal, state, and local governmental and educational entities. For more information, please visit www.seyfarth.com.