Mark Batten > Proskauer Rose LLP > Boston, United States > Lawyer Profile

Mark Batten

+1.617.526.9850 [email protected]

Work Department

Labor & Employment

Position

Mark W. Batten is a partner in Proskauer’s Labor & Employment Law Department and co-head of the Class & Collective Actions Group.

Mark represents employers nationwide at all stages of complex employment litigation, including class and collective actions on wage and hour matters and discrimination claims, and Commissioner’s Charges and other charges of nationwide import brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Outside of class and collective litigation, Mark assists clients with all aspects of employment policies and practices, including hiring, termination, leaves, accommodation of disabilities, and other matters. Mark also handles diverse civil litigation, including litigation of noncompetition agreements, discrimination and wrongful termination litigation in federal and state courts; proceedings before the EEOC and Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination; executive disputes; and wage and hour matters. He is also an experienced appellate attorney both in employment cases and other civil litigation, handling appeals at all levels in the state courts and in the United States Courts of Appeals.

Mark also has substantial experience with traditional labor matters. He regularly represents employers in a variety of industries, including a number of newspaper and media companies, in collective bargaining, practice before the NLRB, labor arbitrations, union organizing campaigns, and day-to-day advice on administration of collective bargaining agreements. He regularly advises clients in both union and non-union settings on diligence matters in corporate acquisitions and financings. He also has experience on behalf of securities firms in arbitrations before the NASD and NYSE of customer and employee complaints.