With more than 800 attorneys and 51 offices coast to coast, Littler Mendelson is the largest U.S.-based law firm exclusively devoted to representing management in employment and labor law matters.

A cornerstone of our practice is representing employers in their dealings with labor unions. For more than 60 years, our Firm has been nationally recognized for the depth and experience of our attorneys in representing and assisting employers in all aspects of labor-management relations law. Our Labor Management Relations Practice Group comprises more than 200 attorneys across the country, who have dealt with every major union in the United States. Many of our attorneys began their careers working at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), and Bob Battista, a retired Littler shareholder, served for five years as Chairman of the NLRB. As a result, Littler has first hand knowledge of the workings of the NLRB.

Not just “traditional” labor lawyers, we take a strategic approach to every engagement. We help employers develop strategies for dealing with union avoidance in an environment where the Employee Free Choice Act may become the law, prepare for strikes, strategize and handle collective bargaining and labor arbitrations. To the extent necessary, we also use litigation proactively and tactically to preempt union disruption and unlawful organizing tactics. We have represented employers in thousands of NLRB and state labor relations agency hearings, and we regularly defend and pursue our clients’ labor interests in the federal courts.

We have represented employers in virtually every industry and, with the globalization of the business community, we increasingly work with clients throughout the world.