Summary
Work History
Education
Skills
Speeches And Authorships
Volunteer Experience
Career Awards
Bar Admissions
Websites
References
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JASON M. STEIN

4704 Jeannette Drive, Metairie,LA

Summary

Dynamic legal professional with extensive experience excelling in complex litigation. Proven expertise in legal research and writing, coupled with strong team leadership skills. Peer review recognized for successfully managing high-stakes cases and delivering impactful results in labor and employment law. Accomplished speaker and author in the field.

Work History

Partner

Jackson Lewis LLP
New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Negotiated, drafted, and managed compliance for diverse contract types such as litigation, benefits, severance, non-compete, confidentiality, document management, workforce supply, insurance, and federal government agreements;
  • Handled all phases of contractual management life cycle from objective and vendor identification, including pre-award and post-award through termination and wind down;
  • Single plaintiff to multi-billion dollar novel, complex, and technical class litigation in federal and state courts throughout the United States;
  • Planned and prepared all phases of pre-trial and trial work including written discovery, expert witness preparation, and oral argument;
  • Briefing, oral argument, arbitration, mediation, and appellate work;
  • Leading member of E-Discovery and Workplace Technology practice group overseeing collection, search, sampling, and review of hundreds of millions of pages of documents;
  • Wide range of labor and employment practice areas, including prohibited transactions, trust law, fiduciary breach, benefits disputes, whistleblower, non-compete, First Amendment rights, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, employer policies and training, wage payment, firearms laws, H1-B visa advertising, ERISA, ADA, Title VII, FMLA, FLSA, Fair Credit Reporting Act, and numerous state laws often focusing on highly technical federal laws and regulations;
  • Managed several dozens of lawyers and administrative staff including outside consultants and vendors;
  • Accomplished speaker and author (sample list provided below);

Associate

Proskauer Rose
New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Labor and Employment practice group with focus on ERISA litigation;
  • All phases of pretrial work including discovery and legal writing.

Associate

Sidley Austin LLP
Chicago, Illinois
  • General litigation practice group covering a wide range of practice areas, including contracts, torts, false advertising, white collar criminal matters, and product liability in single plaintiff and class litigation;
  • Developed national strategies and themes while overseeing and supporting local counsel;
  • Planned and prepared all phases of pre-trial and trial planning, including extensive depositions and expert witness identification, preparation, and defense;
  • National coordinating counsel to Fortune 10 company for product liability claims.

Investigator

St Charles Parish District Attorney's Office
Hahnville, LA

Summers and holidays during undergraduate school leading to promotion to investigator before law school.

Education

Juris Doctorate -

Valedictorian - Southern University Law Center
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

B.S. - Marketing

Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Skills

  • Legal case management
  • Risk assessment
  • Legal research, writing, and oral argument
  • Public speaking
  • Operations management
  • Team leadership
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Task prioritization
  • Critical thinking
  • Document process architecture and management

Speeches And Authorships

  • Are Attorney's Fees Available?, BNA ERISA Litigation, 2008-15
  • Overview of Confidentiality, Non-Compete, and Non-Solicitation Agreements, 8th Annual Conference on Hiring and Terminating: The Ins and Outs of Employment Law, New Orleans, Louisiana, 08/08/13
  • The World (or at least the country) is Flat: Protecting Confidential Business Information on a Multijurisdictional Basis, Jackson Lewis Jump Start Jazz Fest, 04/25/13
  • Retaliation, Interference, and Employee Benefits: Spotting and Defending ERISA Section 510 Claims, Houston Energy Corridor Briefing Series, 04/04/13
  • Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Impact on Employer-Provided Benefits, National Webcast, 01/08/13
  • Protecting Privilege and Avoiding Professional Conflicts During Government Agency Investigations in the Workplace, Association of Corporate Counsel Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, 10/12/12
  • Privacy and Social Media in the Workplace, 7th Annual Fundamentals of Employment Law Seminar, New Orleans, Louisiana, 09/12/12
  • Protection of Non-competition Agreements, Association of Corporate Counsel, New Orleans, Louisiana, 05/11/12
  • A Fresh Look at the Protection of Business Information (Through Non-Competes and Other Contracts, and Otherwise), Jackson Lewis Jump Start Jazz Fest, New Orleans, Louisiana, 04/27/12
  • Speaker/Moderator, Southern University Law Center Corporate Symposium on Diversity, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 04/12/12
  • The 5 Things HR Needs to Know About ERISA, HRMA Legal Perk, New Orleans, Louisiana, 02/03/12
  • Beyond the Basics, Understanding the Impact of Health Care Reform, New Orleans, Louisiana, 05/18/11
  • Professionalism in the Digital Age, Jackson Lewis Jazz Fest Jump Start, New Orleans, Louisiana, 05/05/11
  • Health Care 2010 – What You Need to Know Now, Fundamentals of Employment Law, New Orleans, Louisiana, 02/24/11
  • EEOC Issues in Hiring and Staff Reductions/Severance Plans, Society of Louisiana CPAs Tenth Annual Human Resources Workshop, 11/12/10
  • Surveying the Employment Litigation Landscape: Update on Litigation, Legislation, Agency Enforcement Action, ACC/Loyola University Joint CLE on Key Issues Affecting In-House and Outside Counsel, New Orleans, Louisiana, 09/24/10
  • Health Care Reform 2010 – Key Employer Issues, Louisiana ABA/EEO Committee for Liaison with EEOC, OFCCP, and DOJ, New Orleans, Louisiana, 05/19/10
  • How to Avoid the 502(a) Train – Protecting Your Fiduciaries from ERISA Litigation, Jackson Lewis Jump Start Jazz Fest, New Orleans, Louisiana, 04/23/10
  • Treating Economic Panic Attacks: Legal and Business Planning for Reductions in Force, Furloughs, and Other Economic Workforce Decisions, Louisiana ABA/EEO Committee for Liaison with EEOC, OFCCP, and DOJ, 06/17/09
  • Guns and Gaming – Are Employers Are Rolling Snake Eyes?, Global Gaming G2E Expo, Las Vegas, Nevada, 11/18/08
  • Hardt v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co. - One Year Later: More Questions Than Answers, BNA Pension and Benefits Daily, 06/01/11
  • Conkright v. Frommert - One Year Later: Are Courts Getting It Right?, BNA Pension and Benefits Daily, 05/01/11
  • Fiduciary Responsibility, Employee Benefits Law (BNA 3d ed. 2011)
  • ERISA Stock Drop Cases: Evolution and Future, Employment Law 360, 01/01/09
  • What’s New in ERISA in 2008 – Selected significant circuit court decisions, ABA Employee Benefits Committee Newsletter, Winter 2008
  • When is Class Action Appropriate?, ERISA Litigation (BNA 2nd ed. 2006 and 2007)
  • Unforeseen Pitfalls in Settling Fiduciary Breach Claims with Individual Plaintiffs, ABA Employee Benefits Committee Newsletter, Winter 2007

Volunteer Experience

  • Youth sports boys and girls coach for schools, community, and private organizations
  • Girard Playground Board of Directors (past service)
  • LSBA Access to Justice Committee (past service)
  • LSBA Community Action Committee (past service)
  • New Orleans Permits Department (post-Hurricane Katrina)
  • School and playground sports coach for numerous sports
  • Chicago high school mock trial judge (past service)
  • LSU underprivileged youth program counselor (past service)

Career Awards

  • Southern University Law Center Distinguished Alumnus Award, 2014
  • Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, peer reviewed

Bar Admissions

  • Illinois, 2001, inactive
  • Louisiana, 2005

Websites

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Partner

Jackson Lewis LLP

Associate

Proskauer Rose

Associate

Sidley Austin LLP

Investigator

St Charles Parish District Attorney's Office

Juris Doctorate -

Valedictorian - Southern University Law Center

B.S. - Marketing

Louisiana State University
JASON M. STEIN
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