Joseph Baumgarten is a partner and former co-chair in Proskauer’s Labor & Employment Law Department. Joe has been widely recognized as a leading labor and employment lawyer by Chambers, US Legal 500, HR Executive Law Dragon and Best Lawyers. He was also named one of the 2013 BTI Client Service All-Stars, an elite group of attorneys nominated solely by clients as the very best in client service.
Joe represents publicly held and privately owned employers in virtually all areas of labor and employment law, including claims under the National Labor Relations Act, Title VII, the ADEA, ADA, FLSA, WARN and Sarbanes-Oxley, as well as breach of contract claims arising out of executive compensation disputes. He regularly:
- defends employers in single and multiple plaintiff cases, and class actions, in federal and state trial and appellate courts, before federal, state and local administrative agencies, and in FINRA, AAA and JAMS arbitrations of employment claims;
- represents unionized employers in collective bargaining negotiations, in grievance arbitrations and before the National Labor Relations Board; and
- counsels employers with respect to internal investigations, restrictive covenants, reductions in force, restructurings, and labor and employment related issues related to corporate transactions.
Joe practices across a range of different industries and has extensive experience representing employers in the banking, insurance, broker-dealer, television, professional sports, newspaper, health care, trucking and retail sectors.
Education
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Harvard Law School, J.D.
cum laude
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Cornell University School of Industrial & Labor Relations, B.S.
Admissions & Qualifications
- New York
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, New York, Northern District
- U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
- U.S. District Court, New York, Eastern District
- U.S. District Court, New York, Southern District
Awards & Recognition
Sports Business Journal Power Players: Outside Counsel 2021
Lawdragon 500 Leading U.S. Corporate Employment Lawyers 2020-2025
Chambers USA: New York: Labor & Employment 2010-2024
The Legal 500 United States: Labor & Employment: Labor & Employment Litigation 2009-2020
The Legal 500 United States: Labor and Employment: Disputes (including Collective Actions): Defense 2019-2021
The Legal 500 United States: Trade Secrets 2016-2018
The Legal 500 United States: Labor-Management Relations 2017, 2019-2021
The Legal 500 United States: Workplace and Employment Counseling 2017-2018, 2020-2023
Best Lawyers in America 2005-2024
New York Super Lawyers 2010-2022
Lawdragon & Human Resource Executive Top 100 Most Powerful Employment Attorneys 2011-2019
Benchmark Litigation Labor & Employment Stars 2019, 2024