Management employment law is a tough area for new lawyers to get into - especially representing unionized plants. Plaintiff's employment law is tough, but is fairly easy to get into for a new lawyer.

Issues with practicing management labor and employment law:

HR people think they are lawyers. In many cases, they won't ask for advice until the suit rolls in.

More and more employers have liability insurance, and the insurance company often picks the cheap lawyer - not the specialist.

Plant reorganizations and shut downs hurt. In 1989, I represented 19 major plants in a midsize Texas town (many Fortune 500 plants). I now represent three - the only three that are still left.

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Posted by Pettifogger

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Posted on 2/3/15 at 8:36 am to chinhoyang

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Management employment law is a tough area for new lawyers to get into - especially representing unionized plants. Plaintiff's employment law is tough, but is fairly easy to get into for a new lawyer.

Issues with practicing management labor and employment law:

HR people think they are lawyers. In many cases, they won't ask for advice until the suit rolls in.

More and more employers have liability insurance, and the insurance company often picks the cheap lawyer - not the specialist.

Plant reorganizations and shut downs hurt. In 1989, I represented 19 major plants in a midsize Texas town (many Fortune 500 plants). I now represent three - the only three that are still left.

Probably depends on region and industry. L&E isn't as hot here as it was two years ago, but it's still steady in Atlanta.

FLSA collective actions are taking up so much time of large law firms they're pushing ERISA and discrimination defense matters off on other firms. With the cyclical fire/hire environment of the last 5 years or so, there are always employment agreements and separation issues as well.

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