Labor and Employment

Overview

Corporate leaders turn to Gibson Dunn when they are faced with serious labor and employment issues.

We bring a novel, aggressive and creative approach to each matter. Our lawyers view litigation from multiple perspectives, reflecting their diversity of backgrounds, knowledge and expertise. We work seamlessly as a cross-disciplinary team, which includes some of the country’s best employment, regulatory, class action and appellate lawyers. Our experienced attorneys have successfully represented clients in their most challenging and significant employment matters, including when they have faced some of the largest class actions under Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and state and federal wage and hour laws.  We have won countless cases defending employers in high-stakes single-plaintiff matters involving discrimination, restrictive covenants and whistleblower claims.  With a deep bench of employment experts, our litigators serve as trusted advisors and partners to clients navigating complex employment issues, crafting practical and business-minded solutions.

Our lawyers know that the best way to defeat litigation is to prevent it – by working hand-in-hand with clients to create workable solutions to the challenges facing major employers today, including on diversity programs, artificial intelligence, reductions in force, and board-level investigations.

Comprehensive Coverage
We provide unparalleled service in a wide array of areas, including:

• Discrimination/reverse discrimination cases
• Executive termination and compensation disputes
• Government investigations and enforcement
• Independent contractor misclassification cases
• Mass arbitrations
• Trade secrets and noncompete disputes
• Class and representative actions involving wage and hour, worker classification, discrimination, and other employment issues
• Whistleblower matters
• Workplace investigations
• Harassment, retaliation, and discrimination lawsuits
• Major workplace safety matters
• ERISA and employee benefits
• Advice and counseling on significant workplace policy and compliance matters, including internal DEI and compliance audits and artificial intelligence

National and International Presence
Our practice has a strong national and international presence, working collaboratively with clients and colleagues across the United States and from our offices in London, Paris, and Munich.  We regularly litigate in federal and state courts nationwide and advise on global employment policies and programs.

Accolades and Recognition
We are widely acknowledged as the leading labor and employment team. We have been named an Employment Practice Group of the Year by Law360 eleven times—the most wins of any firm.  We also were recognized as the Labor & Employment Litigation Department of the Year in the most recent American Lawyer competition; as the 2022 L&E Firm of the Year by Chambers (ranked nationwide and Band 1 in Washington, D.C. and California); and as by The National Law Journal for the last eight years in a row. Our practice is also ranked Tier 1 by Legal 500, Benchmark Litigation and U.S. News – Best Law Firms.

Our Labor & Employment Lawyers are recognized each year by various outlets, including Chambers, Law360, Lawdragon, Benchmark Litigation, and The Legal 500.