Seyfarth Shaw Welcomes Sang-yul Lee as Partner to Labor and Employment Practice

Chicago, IL (April 10, 2006) - - Seyfarth Shaw LLP, one of America’s leading full service law firms, today announced that Sang-yul Lee has joined the firm as partner in the Labor and Employment Practice Group.  He is resident in the firm’s Chicago office.  Previously, Lee was a senior associate at DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary.

Lee advises on all aspects of labor and employment law and human rights issues.  He has extensive experience representing clients in equal employment opportunity litigation, collective bargaining, organizing campaigns, strikes, arbitrations, layoffs and closures, wage and hour audits and class actions.  He has appeared before federal and state courts, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, as well as state human rights agencies in matters arising under a wide range of federal and state labor laws.  His corporate experience includes representing employers in employment, separation, change-in-control, independent contractor and restrictive covenant agreements.  He has served as primary labor counsel in numerous M&A transactions.  Before joining his first law firm, Lee spent several years as a trial attorney for the NLRB.

“Sang-yul comes to Seyfarth with a strong labor relations background,” stated Jeremy P. Sherman, chair of the firm’s Labor and Employment Group.  “His field work with the NLRB, experience before federal and state courts, and role as labor counsel for clients in varied industries is a terrific basis of support to our nationally recognized practice.”

Seyfarth Shaw has one of the most widely known management labor and employment practices in the country. With over 290 attorneys dedicated to labor and employment law, the firm offers counsel on virtually any labor and employment issue arising in any U.S. or foreign jurisdiction.  The firm’s attorneys have deep knowledge in the full range of discrete labor and employment areas, including employment discrimination class actions, 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.

“We are pleased to welcome Sang-yul to our growing firm,” noted David J. Rowland, managing partner of Seyfarth’s Chicago office.  “His knowledge of the law and commitment to the community reflect the strength and balance of the professional and personal contributions we believe he will offer the firm and its clients.”

Lee received his B.A., with honors, from Northwestern University.  He earned a joint J.D. and A.M. in Labor and Industrial Relations from the University of Illinois, College of Law and Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations at Urbana-Champaign, respectively.  In law school he co-founded and was president of the Asian American Law Students Association.  He is admitted to practice in Illinois and is a member of the labor and employment sections of the American Bar Association and the Chicago Bar Association.  He is an Attorney Member of the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission’s Hearing Board which hears disbarment and discipline cases.  Additionally, he is a member of the Korean American Bar Association, the Japan America Societies of Chicago and Western Michigan, the board of directors of the University of Illinois Labor Institute, and he recently served on the alumni advisory board of the University of Illinois College of Law.  He also serves on the board of directors for Korean American Community Services of Chicago and the Korean American Scholarship Foundation.  Lee is fluent in Korean.  He is also a contributing editor to the ABA/BNA treatise The Developing Labor Law.   Lee also regularly speaks about labor and employment issues at conferences and industry trade shows.

“I look forward to working with my new colleagues at Seyfarth Shaw,” Lee stated.  “The labor and employment practice is highly-regarded and complements the firm’s other national practice groups in a way that allows our attorneys to serve the growing needs of our clients.”

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.

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