Greenberg Traurig Sponsors American Bar Association's Section of Labor and Employment Law Midwinter Meeting in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS, March 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Greenberg Traurig, LLP is a sponsor of the American Bar Association's (ABA) Section of Labor and Employment Law Employment Rights and Responsibilities (ERR) Committee Midwinter Meeting, which will be held March 27 to 31, 2012 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Robert M. Goldich, operating shareholder in the firm's Philadelphia office, is one of the co-chairs of the meeting.

Goldich has been a labor and employment lawyer and litigator for more than 30 years. In addition to his co-chair role on the ERR committee and co-chair of the conference, he is also the former program and administrative chair of the ERR Committee. He is also a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.

Highlights of the conference include:

• Keynote speaker Flo Rogers, President and General Manager of Nevada Public Radio
• A pro bono project for attendees to help combat hunger in the Las Vegas area. Volunteers will sort/repack food products by working with Three Square Food Bank, a Las Vegas organization dedicated to providing wholesome food to hungry people
• Panel discussions with prominent government lawyers, including EEOC Commissioners Chai R. Feldblum and Victoria A. Lipnic; the Honorable Andrew J. Peck, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York; and representatives from the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of Labor, and National Labor Relations Board
• Special programs, including a mock retaliation trial with Magistrate Judge Peck presiding and a jury consultant and a discussion of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act with panelists who will report about the Supreme Court oral arguments held immediately before and during the midwinter meeting. More information on the conference is available by clicking here.

Greenberg Traurig's Labor and Employment Practice has diverse team of more than 100 labor and employment attorneys. The practice was selected as a 2011 Practice of the Year for Employment by Law360, and ranked in National Tier 1 of 2011-2012 U.S. News-Best Lawyers® Best Law Firms in Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment and Immigration Law. Global developments in labor and employment law can be found on Greenberg Traurig's Labor and Employment Blog by clicking here.

About Greenberg Traurig

Greenberg Traurig, LLP is an international, full-service law firm with approximately 1800 attorneys serving clients from 34 offices in the United States, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. In the U.S., the firm has more offices than any other among the Top 10 on The National Law Journal's 2011 NLJ 250. For additional information, please visit www.gtlaw.com.

SOURCE Greenberg Traurig, LLP

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