Mr Jonathan Stoler > Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Jonathan Stoler
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Work Department
Labor & Employment
Position
Jonathan Stoler is a partner in the New York office. He serves as Global Practice Group Leader of the firm’s Labor and Employment Practice and the National Non-Competition and Trade Secrets Team. He recently led the Sheppard Mullin team who were recognized in the Financial Times 2019 North America Innovative Lawyer Report for a joint project to address and remediate workplace pay disparities.
Jonathan’s practice encompasses a wide range of labor and employment matters, including the defense of single plaintiff and class action discrimination, wrongful discharge and wage/hour claims, in addition to employment contract, non-competition, whistleblower, sexual harassment and related claims. He regularly represents clients in labor and employment litigations in federal and state courts, in arbitrations before the American Arbitration Association and the Financial Industry Regulation Authority, and in proceedings before various administrative agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the U.S. Department of Labor and state agencies throughout the United States. Jonathan has conducted numerous internal investigations and compliance inquiries for several U.S. and foreign corporations. He also represents clients in collective bargaining negotiations, labor arbitrations and all stages of the labor election process, including election campaigns and hearings before the National Labor Relations Board.
Jonathan regularly counsels both domestic and international clients regarding the preparation and administration of personnel policies and provides advice to clients regarding reductions-in-force, discipline and discharge, employee disability and leaves of absence issues. He also advises management on the labor aspects of mergers and acquisitions and the extraterritorial application of U.S. laws.
Jonathan is published and quoted frequently on a variety of employment law issues in major academic and business publications such as the National Law Review, The New York Law Journal, The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel and Employment Law 360, and is a frequent speaker at national and international programs.
Education
J.D., Brooklyn Law School, 1995
B.A., SUNY Buffalo, 1991
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
The group at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP regularly handles an array of employment litigation, with core mandates including wage and hour, non-compete, discrimination, wrongful termination, defamation, and breach of contract mandates. The team’s sectoral expertise covers healthcare, transportation, financial services, retail, fashion, and hospitality. Los Angeles-based Kelly Hensley co-leads, along with New York-based Jonathan Stoler, who represents international clients in a variety of contentious and transactional matters. Additional key department figures include Chicago-based Kevin Cloutier, who has experience appearing before state and federal trial and appellate courts across the country; and Los Angeles-based Tracey Kennedy, lauded as a ‘superstar employment defense trial lawyer’.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Government > Government contracts
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Tax > Not-for-profit (Fortune 1000 private foundations, national trade associations, and charities)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Real estate > Real estate finance