Mr Lawrence Lorber > Seyfarth Shaw LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile
Seyfarth Shaw LLP Offices
975 F STREET, NW
WASHINGTON DC 20004
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
Mr Lawrence Lorber

Work Department
Labor and Employment Department; Complex Discrimination Litigation Practice Group, Wage & Hour Litigation Practice Group, Employment Law Counseling, and Government Relations.
Position
As Senior Counsel at Seyfarth Shaw, Mr. Lorber’s practice focuses on employment counseling and regulatory enforcement representation. He regularly advises and represents employers in regulatory and government enforcement, executive contracts, terminations and benefit issues. He is often called upon to testify at Congressional and regulatory hearings.
Career
Member, D.C. and New York Bar Associations; Former Executive Assistant Solicitor of Labor, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor, Former Director, OFCCP; Board of Directors, Office of Congressional Compliance; Chair, U.S. Chamber of Commerce EEO Subcommittee. Special Counsel U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Business Roundtable. Co-Chair Committee on Federal Legislation- ABA, Labor and Employment Section. Fellow- College of Labor & Employment Lawyers.
Memberships
Honorary Life Member- Society for Human Resources Management
Fellow- College of Labor & Employment Lawyers
Education
JD, University of Maryland School of Law (1970); BA, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York (1967).
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
(Leading partners)Seyfarth Shaw LLP‘s team assists its impressive client roster on the full range of employment matters in both national and international contexts, with a specialism advising on litigation avoidance strategies. Chicago-based team lead David Baffa is noted for his expertise in crisis response and investigations as well as in employee relations and cultural assessment matters. New York is home to William P. Perkins
whose workload includes discrimination and harassment claims, reductions in force, contract negotiations and day-to-day advice, and Gary Friedman
who is an expert in the handling novel employment issues in litigation, investigation and counseling contexts. Washington DC’s Lawrence Lorber handles regulatory enforcement actions, while Boston-based Lisa Damon is noted for her experience advising C-suite executives on complex employment issues, including DE&I initiatives. From Chicago, Ellen McLaughlin and Camille Olson
are also preeminent in their fields; McLaughlin specializes in leave and accommodation issues while Olson has capabilities undertaking discrimination, harassment, wage and labor, and independent contractor matters. Atlanta’s Renate Walker is a name to note. In 2024, Michele Beilke and Julia Trankiem joined the Los Angeles team, while Alan Marcuis joined the team in Dallas.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners United States > Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Workplace and employment counseling United States > Labor and employment
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Government > Government contracts
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Tax > Not-for-profit (Fortune 1000 private foundations, national trade associations, and charities)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Industry focus > Cannabis
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious