Natalie Alameddine and Howard M. Knee Named 2023 Leaders of Influence: Labor & Employment Attorneys by Los Angeles Business Journal
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that partners Natalie Alameddine and Howard M. Knee have been named 2023 Leaders of Influence: Labor & Employment Attorneys by the Los Angeles Business Journal.
According to the Los Angeles Business Journal, the honorees are described as "some of the very best labor and employment attorneys in the region" who "you want in your corner in court." The recognized attorneys follow the ever-changing landscape of labor legislation, are knowledgeable of the new rules of hiring and firing, and continuously monitor and manage various trends for their clients.
In this supplement, each honoree is recognized with a brief profile that highlights details about their careers and recent successes they’ve achieved. This marks the second consecutive year that Howard has been recognized with this honor.
To view the 2023 Leaders of Influence: Labor & Employment Attorneys supplement, please click here.
Natalie's and Howard's honoree profiles, as published in the Los Angeles Business Journal, are copied in full below.
Natalie Alameddine
Partner, Labor & Employment
Blank Rome LLP
Already established as an influential leader at Blank Rome, Natalie Alameddine routinely counsels and represents employers in litigation regarding federal and California wage and hour issues, class actions and Private Attorneys General Act representative actions, discrimination and harassment issues, retaliation, wrongful termination and misclassification. At a young age, Alameddine has become a go-to attorney for national employers accused of unlawful wage practices or wrongful termination. She has also carved a niche for her practice with independent contractor and misclassification issues, which have both been recent hot-button topics in California.
Alameddine has been employment counsel for numerous matters for BYD Coach & Bus LLC, BYD Motors, Inc., and BYD America LLC, American subsidiaries of BYD Company Ltd, which is the largest domestic auto-manufacturer and electric-bus manufacturer in China. She has successfully managed and resolved numerous matters compelled to arbitration or brought in arbitration.
Howard M. Knee
Partner, Labor & Employment
Blank Rome LLP
In his more than 50-year career, Howard Knee has handled dozens of jury and non-jury trials and arbitrations, and has appeared before the United States Supreme Court, the California Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and various state courts of appeal. He has handled jury and bench trials in federal and state courts, arbitrations, labor arbitrations, NLRB cases and various administrative proceedings.
Knee represents high-profile companies in complex and high-stakes cases, including defending against discrimination and sexual harassment cases as well as wage and hour class actions and PAGA representative actions. He is respected by his peers for the professional and intelligent way he approaches his cases and the innovative strategies he uses to defend his clients. He is representing Accredited Nursing Services in a case involving disability discrimination, reasonable accommodation, retaliation under the Fair Employment & Housing Act, and retaliation under the California Family Rights Act.