American Bar Association (Labor and Employment Law and Litigation Sections, Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee)
Federal Bar Council
New York City Bar
New York Super Lawyers: Employment Litigation: Defense 2007-2012
The International Who's Who of Management Labour & Employment Lawyers 2010
Lloyd B. Chinn is a Partner in the Labor & Employment Law Department and co-head of the Whistleblowing & Retaliation Group. He litigates employment disputes of all types before federal and state courts, arbitration tribunals (e.g., FINRA, JAMS and AAA), and before administrative agencies in New York and across the country. Lloyd's practice ranges from litigating compensation disputes to defending whistleblower, discrimination and sexual harassment claims. Although he has represented employers in a wide range of industries, including law, insurance, health care, consulting, media, education and technology, he currently focuses the bulk of his practice on the financial services sector as co-head of the firm’s Financial Services Employment Group. He has tried to final verdict or arbitration award substantial disputes in this area.
Representative recent litigations include:
Due to Lloyd’s litigation experience, clients regularly turn to him for advice regarding the full range of employment matters, including terminations, whistleblower policy and procedure, reductions in force, employment agreements, and employment policies. For example, in the wake of the financial crisis, he has counseled a number of firms through reductions in force and related bonus and deferred compensation disputes. Lloyd has also been retained to conduct internal investigations of allegations of workplace misconduct, including claims leveled against high-level executives.
In addition to speaking on employment law topics at Proskauer seminars, Lloyd has lectured at events sponsored by ALI-ABA, the American Bar Association, Kroll Ontrack, the New York City Bar, Federal Publications Seminars LLC, New York University School of Law, Cardozo School of Law, and the City University of New York School of Law. He has twice testified before Congressional subcommittees regarding whistleblower legislation. Lloyd is a co-editor of Proskauer's Whistleblower Defense Blog. He has also published articles and Client Alerts on a variety of topics, including the Dodd-Frank Act's whistleblower provisions, employee non-solicitation agreements, FINRA arbitration rules, e-discovery and the use of psychiatric experts in sexual harassment litigation.