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April 5, 2006 - (Newark, NJ) - Proskauer Rose LLP, an international law firm with more than 700 lawyers in the United States and Europe, announced that John P. Barry has joined the firm as partner in the firm's world-renowned Labor and Employment Law Department. He is based in the firm's Newark, NJ office.
Mr. Barry has extensive litigation and counseling experience representing businesses in employment matters of all types, including compliance with the equal employment opportunity laws, harassment, wage and hour, employment contracts and non-compete agreements, and reductions-in-force.
According to Marvin M. Goldstein, head of Proskauer's Newark office, Mr. Barry's range of experience will be a strategic complement to the firm's New Jersey employment practice, which has continued to grow, most recently with the addition of David Grunblatt as partner and head of the firm's Immigration Law Practice Group. With 40 labor and employment lawyers, Proskauer's Newark office is one of the largest practices of its type in New Jersey.
"John's experience working in diverse sectors on a range of important employment litigation matters makes him an excellent addition to our practice in Newark and firm-wide," said Mr. Goldstein.
Mr. Barry was a partner in Epstein Becker & Green P.C.'s New York labor and employment practice before joining Proskauer. Prior to that, he practiced employment law at Collier, Jacob & Mills. He attended Boston University Law School and Harvard University. Mr. Barry is also a frequent author and speaker on employment-related topics and issues.
The attorneys in Proskauer's Newark office advise employers in all areas of labor, employment, employee benefits and immigration law and represent them in state and federal court, before administrative and quasi-judicial agencies, and in negotiations, arbitrations and union organizing campaigns. The attorneys also provide a wide range of client counseling and training in such diverse areas as sexual harassment, wage and hour issues and reductions-in-force. The attorneys provide hands-on assistance and guidance in the event of government audits, strikes and other daily crises.
The clients represented by Proskauer's Newark attorneys span a broad range of industries including finance, insurance, publishing, transportation, retail, entertainment, pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturing, sporting goods and package delivery. In addition, the firm's Immigration Law Practice Group is operated from the Newark office, serving the firm's entire nationwide clientele in visa, work permits, cross-border travel and citizenship matters.
About Proskauer Rose
Proskauer Rose, founded in 1875, is an international law firm providing a wide variety of legal services to clients worldwide from offices in Boca Raton, Boston, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Newark, Paris, São Paulo, and Washington, D.C. The firm has wide experience in all areas of practice important to businesses and individuals including corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, general commercial litigation, corporate governance matters, conducting internal corporate investigations, white collar criminal defense, private equity and fund formation, patent and intellectual property litigation and prosecution, labor and employment law, real estate transactions, bankruptcy and reorganizations, trusts and estates, and taxation. Its clients span industries including chemicals, entertainment, financial services, health care, information technology, insurance, internet, lodging and gaming, manufacturing, media and communications, pharmaceuticals, real estate investment, sports, and transportation. The firm can be found online at http://www.proskauer.com.
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