| Seyfarth Shaw LLP | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Chicago |
| No. of offices | 10 |
| No. of attorneys | 750 |
| Major practice areas | General practice |
| Revenue | N/A |
| Date founded | 1945 (Chicago) |
| Company type | LLP |
| Website | |
| www.seyfarth.com | |
Seyfarth Shaw LLP is an American law firm. It has offices in the United States, including Chicago, New York, Boston, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Sacramento, and an office in London, England.
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Seyfarth Shaw describes itself as a well-regarded[1]management side labor and employment practice, and has provided services in this area for more than 60 years. The firm's labor & employment team consists of over 300 employment attorneys at all levels of experience in the firm's nine U.S. offices, and includes over 100 employment lawyers in California. Seyfarth's employment attorneys are organized on the basis of subspecialties, such as employment class actions, wage and hour issues, employee benefits lawsuits, workplace safety matters, and labor-management relations disputes. However, the American Bar Association does not recognize legal specialties apart from Admiralty and Patent Law. The practice is also organized on the basis of industry groups.
Seyfarth Shaw’s Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Department is self-described as among the more prominent in the country[2] The attorneys are experienced in the legal and consulting aspects of employee benefits and executive compensation plans as well as the business concerns faced by companies today. The group includes attorneys who have worked as in-house employee benefits counsel for major corporations and as employee benefits and executive compensation consultants. The group represent clients at the regional, national, and international level, and is capable of servicing a broad range of industries.
Seyfarth Shaw’s Commercial Litigation Department has more than 180 attorneys in offices throughout the United States, and works in a broad range of dispute resolution needs, nationally and internationally. The group is composed of trial and appellate attorneys.
The practice covers a broad spectrum of litigation services, including trials and appeals in federal and state courts, in cases involving disputes over: intellectual property; real estate and construction; trade secrets and restrictive covenants; creditor's rights and bankruptcy; product liability and other torts; insurance; D&O securities; government contracts; antitrust and trade regulation; and other types of complex business litigation.
Seyfarth Shaw attorneys sell their services to a diverse client base, ranging from start-up ventures to middle market companies to large multinational corporations. The firm guides clients through various legal issues, and offers guidance on key decisions.