Press Release
07/27/07 -
The Legal 500 Names Vedder Price Among Top US Employment and Labor Firms
The Legal 500 recently named Vedder Price among the top 10 employment and labor law firms in the United States. Firms were selected based on the quality and variety of work undertaken over the past year, their clientele and their development compared with market trends.
An overview of the Firm’s practice group, prepared by The Legal 500 editorial staff, highlights Vedder Price’s long-standing national labor and employment practice and notes that its attorneys are well-respected and possesses a considerable amount of expertise and experience in the field. A solid range of clients interviewed by the publication noted that the firm “consistently offers wise counsel.”
Vedder Price represents management in a variety of cases, from single-plaintiff matters to class actions. The firm has a great deal of experience in representing clients from the healthcare industry, manufacturing and financial institutions.
The Firm has enjoyed a steady growth in the past few years, in terms of workload and number (the labor and employment practice group now employs 45 attorneys), and “as the Firm continues to grow in experience and depth, it will be interesting to see the extent to which it is able to mount a challenge to top-tier players,” noted the report.
Bruce R. Alper, a Shareholder in the Chicago office and Chair of the Labor and Employment practice group, has been praised by many as “an outstanding attorney; he is responsive, honest and creative.” Thomas G. Abram is seen as a particular asset to the Firm. The Legal 500 report states that he is “seen by clients as a ‘first class attorney’… he is an expert in statistical and economic analysis – which is handy, considering his vast class-action based practice.” Other attorneys noted in the report included Edward C. Jepson Jr., who represented Sentry Insurance in a high-profile sexual harassment case, and Richard H. Schnadig, former special counsel to the governor of Illinois. All are based in the Firm’s Chicago office.
To read the report in its entirety, please visit www.legal500.com. The Legal 500 provides independent, client and peer-based recommendations to those seeking legal counsel. The leading legal directory ranks law firms in various practice areas and in over 100 countries.
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