Law Firm Profile
Seyfarth Shaw By Teresa Cajot Seyfarth Shaw, which was founded in 1945 with only three Chicago attorneys, is now a full - service law firm that serves clients around the world. Today, the firm has offices in Atlanta; Boston; Chicago; Houston; Los Angeles; New York; Sacramento; San Francisco; Washington, DC; and London.
The firm’s major practice areas include the following: bankruptcy, workouts, & business reorganization; commercial class action defense; commercial litigation; immigration; construction; healthcare; corporate; eDiscovery and information governance; employee benefits & executive compensation; environmental safety & toxic torts; government contracts; trusts & estates; trade secrets, computer fraud, & non-competes; tax; structures and real estate finance; securities & financial litigation, real estate; product liability; labor & employment; and intellectual property. In addition to its major areas of practice, Seyfarth Shaw also houses a number of specialty teams including the California Workplace Solutions Group; the Green Marketing Compliance Team; the Health Care Reform Team; the Hiring, Testing, and Selection Team; the Labor & Employment Hospitality Team; the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) Whistleblower Team; and the Technical Attorneys Devoted to eDiscovery and Information Governance. The California Workplace Solutions Group serves companies within the state of California by providing advice in all areas of law that impact employers and employees. The Green Marketing Compliance Team assists clients in presenting the environmental and health benefits of their products without running the risk of ‘’green washing.’’ The Health Care Reform Team primarily handles the repercussions of health care reform by advising employers on a number of issues including state-based changes, retiree medical benefits, taxes and fees, payroll ramifications, and more. The team also works with health care providers on
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matters concerning reimbursement, consolidation, compliance and ethics programs, and disclosure. The Hiring, Testing, and Selection Team assists companies in establishing the best business hiring practices, as a means of avoiding lawsuits. The team also provides defense against legal challenges in this area. The Labor and Employment Hospitality Team provides representation for employers in the hospitality industry, in all labor and employment issues. The team has represented clients involved in class action lawsuits, wage-hour violations, failure to provide accommodations for the disabled, and government audits, to name a few. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) Whistleblower Team is composed of the firm’s corporate compliance and transactional securities attorneys, employment litigators, securities litigators, and attorneys with experience in litigating claims in front of the US Department of Labor under various whistleblower statutes. The Technical Attorneys Devoted to eDiscovery and the Information Governance Team specialize in the following areas: litigation, counseling and information governance, computer forensics and incident response, and third-party service provider selection. Through its subsidiary, Seyfarth Shaw At Work®, the firm also offers both management training and legal compliance solutions. The company aims help businesses establish solid policies that will provide defense against lawsuits.
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