(New York) – Akin is pleased to announce that premier employment litigator Jessica Rosenberg has joined as a partner in the firm’s New York office. She joins from Kasowitz Benson Torres where she was co-chair of the firm’s employment practices and litigation group. Prior to private practice, she served as an Assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorney’s Office.
Rosenberg is a renowned trial lawyer in the employment field, representing employers and prominent senior executives for more than fifteen years in employment-related litigation before federal and state courts, administrative agencies and arbitration panels. She has also conducted internal investigations relating to employee misconduct in the workplace in addition to providing labor & employment advice and counseling to clients, including providing training and advice to investment funds.
“Jessica is a star first chair litigator, who routinely handles her client’s most high stakes litigation,” said Akin chairperson Kim Koopersmith. “Jessica’s employment litigation practice brings terrific synergies with our private capital, healthcare, and real estate clients. We are excited to welcome Jessica to the firm.”
“We’re thrilled to add a litigator of Jessica’s caliber to our New York litigation team, adding depth to our employment litigation and general commercial litigation practices,” said Joseph Sorkin, leader of the firm’s litigation practice.
Bob Lian, head of Akin’s labor & employment practice added, “Our clients rely on us for their most complex labor & employment matters. Jessica is an accomplished trial lawyer, whose skillset is in high demand, and she is a terrific fit for our practice.”
“I’m excited to join Akin’s market-leading labor & employment practice, where I will continue to litigate clients’ most critical and highly sensitive employment-related disputes. Akin’s top-tier practices in private capital, including advising leading alternative asset managers, create the perfect platform for my clients,” said Rosenberg on her move.
About Akin’s Labor and Employment Practice
Described by Chambers USA as a “labor and employment giant [that is a] go-to firm for high-profile cases,” Akin has been repeatedly recognized as having one of the nation’s premier labor and employment practices. The firm’s labor and employment lawyers represent a wide range of employers on their most complex and challenging labor and employment legal problems, from wage and hour class actions and discrimination cases, to arbitrations involving key talent, to complex labor controversies.
Akin is a leading international law firm with more than 900 lawyers in offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
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