Littler Mendelson

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Littler Mendelson, P.C.
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HeadquartersSan Francisco, California
No. of offices75
No. of attorneysOver 1500 [1]
Major practice areasLabor and employment [2]
RevenueIncrease2.svg US$ 427 million (2011) [3]
Date founded1942
Company type Professional Corporation
Website www.littler.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Littler Mendelson P.C. is a U.S.-based law firm that specializes in labor and employment law. [4] They have been widely described as a "union busting" firm. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] The firm has offices in 28 countries: Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, France, Denmark, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Venezuela. [10]

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History and practice

The firm remained local to the Bay Area until the 1990s, when it expanded throughout the U.S. via mergers and acquisitions. [11]

In 2010, the firm announced an international labor and employment law office in Caracas, Venezuela (this office subsequently joined Ius Laboris in 2012). [12] The firm opened two offices in Mexico under the name Littler, De la Vega y Conde, S.C. [13] In October 2013, Littler combined with two Latin American law firms, adding a presence in four additional countries in the Latin American region — Colombia, Costa Rica, [14] El Salvador, and Panama, [15] and creating a new entity named Littler Global. [16] The firm continued expanding through Littler Global, opening offices in Puerto Rico, [17] the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Peru, [18] and Guatemala.

The firm is the largest labor and employment law firm in the US, [19] [20] [21] and received high rankings [22] [23] including diversity, [24] working conditions for women, [25] and innovation. [26]

Littler, described by critics as a union-busting firm, is also the largest union avoidance firm in the US. It has counseled and defended companies including Starbucks, Amazon, Nissan, and Delta Airlines against employees trying to unionize. [27] [28] [29] [30]

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