ArentFox Schiff is well positioned to handle disputes involving claims of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, whistleblowing and wrongful termination. Nancy Puleo heads up the practice from the Boston office and acts a trusted to advisor to clients in the healthcare, technology, financial services, sports and manufacturing industries. Other key figures in the team include John Zaimes, who works from Los Angeles and regularly defends companies in class action suits; Robert Carrol, who largely works with clients in the food, agribusiness and alcoholic beverage industries in the San Francisco office; Washington DC-based Linda Jackson, who is skilled at conducting high-level executive investigations into allegations of sexual harassment and discrimination and Lauren Schaefer, who is a name to highlight in the Boston office.
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Profile

Key clients

  • Breville USA
  • CACI, Inc.
  • Califia Farms
  • Choice Hotels International
  • Cision Ltd./Cision US, Inc./Falcon Social Inc.
  • Grifols Biologicals
  • Jacmar Foodservice Distribution
  • Sun Pacific Farming Cooperative/Sun Pacific Shippers, LP
  • Valley Children’s Hospital
  • Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts

Work highlights

  • Represented Jacmar in an NLRB representation election matter.
  • Acted as lead council for CACI in a civil theft of trade secrets dispute.

Lawyers

Practice head

Nancy Puleo

Other key lawyers

John Zaimes; Robert Carrol; Linda Jackson; Alexandra Romero; Lauren Schaefer