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Retail, Hospitality and Beverage
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The hospitality industry is one of the fastest-growing workforce segments facing rapidly-changing regulations ranging from discrimination claims to wage and hour violations. Our firm has represented well over 100 hotels, bars, restaurants, private clubs, entertainment venues, and theme parks throughout the country. Our lawyers serve as counsel to several of the industry’s largest management groups,…
The hospitality industry is one of the fastest-growing workforce segments facing rapidly-changing regulations ranging from discrimination claims to wage and hour violations. Our firm has represented well over 100 hotels, bars, restaurants, private clubs, entertainment venues, and theme parks throughout the country. Our lawyers serve as counsel to several of the industry’s largest management groups, developers, franchisors and franchisees, and provide operators with industry-specific knowledge and expertise to remain ahead of the curve.
Our Hospitality Law Practice Group works closely with companies of all sizes and forms across the hospitality spectrum to implement effective and practical pro-active solutions that incorporate the most current dram shop laws, discrimination regulations, state-specific wage and hour statutes, and notice and opportunity requirements.
Attorneys in this practice group are experienced in advising and/or defending hospitality operation in matters involving:
- General negligence
- Premises liability
- Products liability
- Discrimination claims
- Local, state, and federal health ordinances
- Government regulatory compliance issues
- Non-disclosure agreements
- Trade secrets
- Licensing and royalties
- Franchisors/franchisees
- Dram shop laws
- Liquor liability
- Contract disputes
- Wage and hour violations
- Employee handbooks
- Employment practices
- Industry standard employee training protocols
- Wrongful termination
- Title VII claims
- ADEA claims
- DFEH claims
- FLSA compliance
- Serious and willful misconduct (132a claims)
- Notice and opportunity requirements
- Employer-obligated benefits
- Innkeeper duties
- ADA claims
Bradley T. Adler
Partner
Atlanta, GA | Savannah, GA
Maria Alexander
Partner
Hartford, CT
Austin Anderson
Associate
Lexington, KY
Melissa M. Barcena
Senior Counsel
Los Angeles – Downtown, CA
Janet R. Barringer
Partner
Boston, MA
John D. Bennett
Partner
Atlanta, GA | Savannah, GA
Matthew F. Boyer
Partner
Atlanta, GA
Jacob E. Daly
Senior Counsel
Atlanta, GA
Daniel G. DaSilva
Associate
Los Angeles – LAX, CA
Christopher G. Donnelly
Associate
Newark, NJ
Katherine A. Ferry
Associate
Chicago, IL
Marc E. Finkel
Partner
Boston, MA | Providence, RI | Hartford, CT
Megan C. Gallagher
Associate
Cherry Hill, NJ
Lisa Gentile
Partner
Columbus, OH
Joseph Gonnella
Associate
San Diego, CA
Curt M. Graham
Partner
Lexington, KY
Steven L. Grunberg
Associate
Atlanta, GA
Sharon P. Horne
Partner
Atlanta, GA
Nicholas J. Hubner
Associate
Philadelphia, PA | New York City, NY | Cherry Hill, NJ
Matthew Jones
Associate
Dallas, TX | Houston, TX
Arielle E. Katz
Associate
Cherry Hill, NJ
Michael Kenney
Partner
Hartford, CT
Courtney M. Knight
Associate
Cherry Hill, NJ
Janice Lai
Partner
Hartford, CT
Michael W. Lord
Partner
Atlanta, GA
Christopher Lynch
Partner
Hartford, CT
Steven Malitz
Partner
Hartford, CT
Katherine A. Mastrobuoni
Senior Counsel
Newark, NJ | New York City, NY
William C. Mead
Partner
Cherry Hill, NJ | Newark, NJ
Jordan Meeks
Associate
Nashville, TN
Wayne S. Melnick
Partner
Atlanta, GA | Tampa, FL
Nick O’Brien-Kovari
Senior Counsel
San Francisco – Walnut Creek, CA
Paul Piantino
Partner
Newark, NJ | New York City, NY
Sean Andrés Rapela
Associate
Boston, MA | Providence, RI
Craig Rolfe
Partner
Sacramento, CA
Alexia R. Roney
Senior Counsel
Atlanta, GA
Danielle Rudkin
Associate
New York City, NY | Newark, NJ
Jonathan Schwartz
Partner
Chicago, IL
Tara A. Sheldon
Associate
Hartford, CT
Edward Solensky Jr.
Partner
Newark, NJ | Cherry Hill, NJ
Edward Storck
Partner
Hartford, CT
Joseph T. Tripoli
Senior Counsel
Chicago, IL
Matthew A. Wachstein
Senior Counsel
Cherry Hill, NJ
Michael B. Weinberg
Partner
Boston, MA