About Strategic Counseling & Employment Practices

Blank Rome’s employment, benefits and labor lawyers assist clients in developing strategic responses to the many challenges which arise in this area of the law.

Our lawyers are frequently called upon to help clients navigate extremely sensitive issues which pose significant risk to their organizations or which require a comprehensive strategic solution.

What We Do

  • Advise boards of directors, audit committees, general counsel, and executive management on strategic options to avoid or mitigate legal risk and reputational harm.
  • Construct policy and preventative solutions to legal challenges in the workplace.
  • Anticipate legal, legislative and policy changes to inform high-level decision making.
  • Represent clients in high-profile, high-risk engagements such as corporate campaigns, internal investigations, and government inquiries.

What Sets Us Apart

  • We understand our client’s business and can see “the big picture.”
  • We focus on pragmatic solutions to complex problems in alignment with client objectives.
  • We are able to draw on the firm’s unique resources, including the firm’s government relations and public relations professionals, to manage complex issues.

Experience

  • Represented the Board of Directors of a large U.S. public company to investigate employee actions in several countries around the world.
  • Advised the audit committee of several public companies in connection with allegations of impropriety and illegal activity against senior executives and managers which had widespread implications for the companies involved.
  • Advised clients in the context of mergers and ­acquisitions on comprehensive solutions to employee and labor relations challenges facing the acquiring or selling entities.
  • Advised clients on designing and implementing corporate reductions in force impacting employees nationwide and around the world.
  • Assisted clients in connection with corporate campaigns by labor unions, by providing a range of strategic and practical advice.

Key Contacts

Anthony B. Haller

Anthony B. Haller

Partner

Philadelphia, PA+1.215.569.5690
Raymond Arroyo

Raymond Arroyo

Associate

Chicago, IL+1.312.776.2549
Mark Blondman

Mark Blondman

Senior Counsel

Philadelphia, PA+1.215.569.5593
Caroline Powell Donelan

Caroline Powell Donelan

Partner

Los Angeles, CA+1.424.239.3476
Carmen F. Francella III

Carmen F. Francella III

Associate

Boston, MA+1.617.415.1224
Beth A. Friel

Beth A. Friel

Chief Human Resources Officer

Philadelphia, PA+1.215.569.5375
Michael G. Greenfield

Michael G. Greenfield

Associate

Philadelphia, PA+1.215.569.5475
Brooke T. Iley

Brooke T. Iley

Partner

Washington, D.C.+1.202.772.5816
Sarah M. Kirkpatrick

Sarah M. Kirkpatrick

Associate

Philadelphia, PA+1.215.569.5341
Howard M. Knee

Howard M. Knee

Partner

Los Angeles, CA+1.424.239.3439
Mara B. Levin

Mara B. Levin

Senior Counsel

New York, NY+1.212.885.5292
Timothy K. Lewis

Timothy K. Lewis

Senior Counsel

Pittsburgh, PA+1.412.932.2776
Terence Liao

Terence Liao

Associate

Orange County, CA+1.949.812.6014
Theodore D. Meyer

Theodore D. Meyer

Partner

Houston, TX+1.713.632.8666
Anthony A. Mingione

Anthony A. Mingione

Partner

New York, NY+1.212.885.5246
Daniel L. Morgan

Daniel L. Morgan

Senior Counsel

Washington, D.C.+1.202.420.4779
Allison N. Powers

Allison N. Powers

Partner

Chicago, IL+1.312.776.2546
Jason E. Reisman

Jason E. Reisman

Partner

Philadelphia, PA+1.215.569.5598
David G. Rodriguez

David G. Rodriguez

Of Counsel

Philadelphia, PA+1.215.569.5362
Derek E. Schultz

Derek E. Schultz

Associate

Philadelphia, PA+1.215.569.5344
Theresa A. Topping

Theresa A. Topping

Associate

Philadelphia, PA+1.215.569.5418
Gabrielle I. Weiss

Gabrielle I. Weiss

Associate

Philadelphia, PA+1.215.569.5748

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