Co-Managing Partner
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Kevin McLaughlin is Co-Managing Partner of the firm. In that role, along with Scott Kadish, he oversees the daily affairs of all the firm’s offices, leading strategic, financial, and operational issues. His priorities in firm leadership include guiding long-term strategic growth initiatives, promoting leadership diversity, and enhancing the firm’s service to clients and community. In his legal practice, Kevin handles a range of employment issues, including traditional labor matters, working with employers to navigate lawsuits, investigations, and human resources issues. He has defended employers and management in employment discrimination lawsuits, wage and hour class action lawsuits, ERISA litigation, and demands for arbitration, as well as lawsuits concerning non-competition and confidentiality agreements. His practice has included working with clients in the construction, financial services, retail, and manufacturing industries, among others. He is a certified mediator trained in alternative methods of resolving disputes, potentially allowing parties to reach a compromise before going to trial. With extensive experience in traditional labor law, Kevin is also experienced in providing counsel to management with respect to union relations, labor arbitrations, and collective bargaining agreements. He advises on compliance with employment laws such as Title VII, ERISA, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family & Medical Leave Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and wage and hour laws, as well as their state law counterparts. He also assists in conducting internal investigations of employee complaints of harassment.
