Jackson Lewis

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Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jackson Lewis logo.svg
Headquarters New York
No. of offices61 [1]
No. of attorneysOver 950 [2]
Major practice areas Labor and Employment [2]
Key peopleKevin G. Lauri (Firm Chair) Samantha N. Hoffman (Firm Managing Principal)
RevenueIncrease2.svg US$486.1 million (2020) [3]
Profit per equity partner$634,000 (2020) [3]
Date founded1958
Company type Professional Corporation
Website www.jacksonlewis.com

Jackson Lewis P.C. is an American law firm that specializes in labor and employment law and assisting companies in facilitating immigration. It has a reputation as one of the top U.S. union-busting practices. [4]

Contents

Jackson Lewis is organized into 20 practice groups [5] and 19 industry groups. [6] The majority of these groups are focused on labor and employment law, but the firm also has expertise in healthcare and collegiate and professional sports law. Practice and industry group members are spread across all of the firm's offices. The firm has over 950 attorneys and 61 offices, including its Puerto Rico office. [1] The firm is a founding member of L&E Global Employers’ Counsel Worldwide, an alliance of workplace law firms in 20 countries. [7] The firm is led by a board of directors, and its current chair is Kevin G. Lauri. [8]

History

Jackson Lewis was founded by Lou Jackson and Robert Lewis in 1958. The firm's first office was opened in New York City in 1958. It opened its second office in Los Angeles in 1977. [2] The firm's period of most rapid growth was between 2006 and 2015. In 2013, Jackson Lewis opened its first office outside of the continental US in San Juan, Puerto Rico. [2]

In 2018, the firm partnered with “ROSS Intelligence” to utilize its legal research AI. [9] [10]

Practice groups

Jackson Lewis' practice groups include: [5]

Awards

In part for its role in creating “workthruIT”, a web-based, self-service labor and employment law compliance application, [11] [12] Jackson Lewis was recognized as the “2018 Innovative Law Firm of the Year” by the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA)

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References

  1. 1 2 "Office locations". 31 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Firm's "About Us" page" . Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Jackson Lewis Law Firm Profile" . Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  4. "Union Busting on Campus: Jackson Lewis and Higher Education Anti-Unionism".
  5. 1 2 "Firm practice groups". 26 October 2022.
  6. "Firm industry groups". 26 October 2022.
  7. "L&E Global" . Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  8. "Firm leadership". 26 October 2022.
  9. "Jackson Lewis P.C. Partners with ROSS Intelligence on Firm-Wide Artificial Intelligence Initiative". 15 March 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  10. artificiallawyer (2018-03-15). "Legal AI Research Co. ROSS Intel Bags US Firm Jackson Lewis". Artificial Lawyer. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
  11. "workthruIT". 10 April 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  12. "Jackson Lewis Bets on Automating Compliance Tasks" . Retrieved 19 February 2019.