Law360 Selects Seyfarth Shaw's Labor & Employment Practice as 2012 Practice Group of the Year

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CHICAGO (January 25, 2013) — For the second consecutive year, leading law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP is pleased to announce it was selected by Law360 as a 2012 “Practice Group of the Year” in the Employment category.

Based on a variety of high-profile matters and results from 2012, the firm was highlighted for its innovation in securing a first-of-its-kind dismissal of discriminations clams against Family Dollar Stores and for decertifying class in a wage-and-hour suit against Allstate Insurance Co. Law360 also citedthefirm’s several successes for clients in cases brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

With nearly 550 entries from almost 100 law firms, Law360 editors recognizedSeyfarth as one of the top five firms in the “Employment Group” category. Winners were selected based on the significance of the litigation wins or deals worked on; the size and complexity of the litigation wins or deals worked on; and the number of significant, large or complex deals the group worked on or lawsuits the group won between November 1, 2011 and November 1, 2012. Click hereto read the full article.

Seyfarth Shaw has more than 800 attorneys and provides a broad range of legal services in the areas of labor and employment, employee benefits, litigation, corporate and real estate. With offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, London, Los Angeles, New York, Sacramento, San Francisco, Shanghai and Washington, D.C., Seyfarth’s clients include over 300 of the Fortune 500 companies and reflect virtually every industry and segment of the economy. For more information, please visit www.seyfarth.com.