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
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News & Views
Events & Webinars / Speaking Engagement
The Sedona Conference Working Group 12 Annual Meeting 2026October 5–6, 2026
Events & Webinars / Speaking Engagement
Finding Solid Ground During Organizational Shifts: Leading Through Workforce Shockwaves and DisruptionSeptember 15, 2026
News / Press Release
Blank Rome Welcomes New Labor & Employment Associate Sarah M. Kirkpatrick in PhiladelphiaAugust 13, 2026
Blog Post / Publications
Tip-Pooling in Cannabis Dispensaries: Be Wary of Managers and SupervisorsJune 12, 2026
Blog Post / Publications
From Fixable to Fineable: ICE’s Overhaul of I-9 Violation ClassificationsMay 21, 2026
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Same ABCs, New Rules: New Jersey Finalizes Updated Regulatory Framework for Worker ClassificationMay 12, 2026
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DOL Proposes New Joint Employer Rule Under the FLSA, FMLA, and MSPAApril 24, 2024






















