Holland & Knight - Labor and Employment Investigations Team Show Sheet

LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT

INVESTIGATIONS TEAM

Holland & Knight’s labor and employment attorneys are a dedicated team of highly experienced professionals, working with clients and leadership teams in a wide range of industry groups. They lead clients through complex workplace investigations and resolution of claims involving high-level personnel, reputational issues and high media exposure.

Clients select Holland & Knight for their most complicated and serious legal problems based on the experience and knowledge of our attorneys. The members of our Labor and Employment Investigations

Team are industry leaders in both employment litigation and counseling. In a market characterized by large firms with employment advisory practices and specialized boutiques, we offer the best of both worlds – an effective blend of boutique-style substantive knowledge and experience backed by a leading, full-service firm.

EXPERIENCE THAT COUNTS IN LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT INVESTIGATIONS

We work closely with our clients to identify practical solutions tailored to their business needs. In addition to creating employment-related compliance programs and counseling management when navigating workplace disputes, our Labor and Employment Investigations Team provides valuable guidance in the following areas:

 conducting investigations of misconduct by members of executive leadership teams and reports of misconduct that risk employers ' reputations, operations and missions

 responding to and c onducting investigations of reports of alleged sexual misconduct, sexual harassment and other discrimination and harassment, workplace violence and stalking, including by witness centered/trauma-informed methodologies where appropriate

 managing all aspects of workplace investigations, ranging from advising clients as they conduct internal investigations to developing investigation protocols, leading investigation teams and conducting comprehensive investigations, as well as addressing investigation outcomes and formulating plans for remediation

 representing clients in connection with government investigations, including investigations by the U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Office of Civil Rights, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration

 advising and representing public and private entities in the healthcare, financial services, education and hospitality industries, including in grand jury and civil fraud investigations and prosecutions of alleged business crimes involving employee misconduct and alleged wrongdoing

 coordinating with public relations and crisis communications professionals to develop and implement effective communication strategies that align with case strategies

 performing investigations in partnership with seasoned investigators and consultants, including those with former federal law enforcement careers

 performing internal case reviews in connection with accelerating responses to threatened lawsuits and multimillion-dollar demands and developing strategies to identify factual and legal parameters necessary to achieve appropriate resolution through expedited negotiations

 providing strategic counsel and investigative support to clients facing bet-the-company allegations of employee-initiated bank fraud, bribery, mail and wire fraud, insider trading, tax fraud, anticompetitive activity, environmental offenses and international trade violations

 partnering with client leadership on crisis management issues arising in connection with reported employee misconduct, investigation outcomes, and related government actions and litigation in order to align legal strategies to best serve the employer’s mission and objectives

ADVOCACY IN COURT AND AGENCY PR OCEEDINGS

In those instances when a dispute stemming from the employer-employee relationship extend beyond an investigation, our skilled litigators and trial lawyers are fully prepared to represent employers in federal or state court and before administrative agencies and arbitrators. Our employment litigation attorneys are part of Holland & Knight's Litigation Section, among the largest and most experienced groups of litigators in the United States.

COMPREHENSIVE EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE TRAINING

Our Labor and Employment Investigations Team also conducts high-level client training on a variety of workplace compliance issues, as well as investigation strategies and methods, including witness centered/trauma-informed investigation approaches. We work with our client’s human resources and leadership teams to develop effective workplace prevention strategies to provide a hands -on approach to counseling and employee relations management.

LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT INVESTIGATIONS TEAM CONTACTS

Miriam McKendall Partner | Boston 617.573.5846

miriam.mckendall@hklaw.com

Edward Diaz Partner | Miami 305.789.7709

edward.diaz@hklaw.com

Bryan Neal Partner | Dallas 214.969.1762

bryan.neal@hklaw.com