Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to welcome Eric Su as a shareholder in its New York City office. Su joins Ogletree Deakins from Tarter, Krinsky & Drogin LLP, where he was a partner in the firm’s Labor and Employment, Litigation and Construction practice groups. Su is the 18th shareholder to join Ogletree Deakins in 2013 and the third shareholder to join the firm’s New York City office. The firm welcomed Ronald Kreismann in May, and Frank Birchfield joined in March.
“Eric is a remarkable attorney with a comprehensive practice that focuses on a range of employment law and traditional labor relations issues facing our clients, including his established practice representing employers in prevailing wage and other state and federal wage and hour matters.” said Kim Ebert, managing shareholder of Ogletree Deakins. “His arrival at Ogletree Deakins illustrates our commitment to employers by our growth in New York City and our expanded presence throughout the Northeast.”
Su focuses his practice primarily on labor and employment matters, as well as governmental affairs. His labor law practice focuses on investigations conducted by federal and state labor departments, collective bargaining negotiations, unfair labor practice charges, union grievances, strikes, pickets, and other union-related issues, and defense of union benefit fund compliance audits and underpayment claims. His employment law practice focuses on the Davis-Bacon Act and state prevailing wage claims defense, the Fair Labor Standards Act and state wage law claims litigation, implementation of workplace policies, including employee handbooks, EEO and wage and hour guidelines, negotiation of general employment and separation agreements, management of reductions in force, including Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act compliance, and defense of workplace harassment, discrimination, and wrongful termination claims. Su also regularly advises employers on litigation prevention and counsels them on all aspects of the employment relationship, including compliance with wage and hour and EEO requirements, employment and separation agreements, and day-to-day personnel matters.
An experienced speaker, Su regularly presents at industry and regulatory agency events, where he advises business owners and their accountants on how to navigate the requirements of labor and employment laws and regulations and handling and resolving government investigations. Su, who is fluent in Mandarin, earned his J.D. from Vanderbilt University School of Law and an MSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics. Earlier, he received his B.A. from Johns Hopkins.
