Brendan Dolan

I am a Shareholder in the Vedder Price San Francisco office and a member of the Labor and Employment group. I have 30 years of experience representing employers in a wide range of labor and employment law matters encompassing both litigation and counseling. I have brought dozens of successful motions for summary judgment, have extensive injunction litigation experience, have tried cases and handled appeals in the state and federal courts, and have arbitrated a wide variety of employment disputes. I have defended employers in individual, multi-plaintiff and class litigation involving alleged discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, wage and hour violations, trade secret misappropriation, noncompetes and employee benefits. I have also prosecuted cases on behalf of individual employers and industry groups challenging government regulation affecting the employment relationship. One example is the successful ERISA preemption-based challenge to the San Francisco domestic partner benefits ordinance in which I represented the US airline industry trade organization and 35 individual airlines. I have also handled National Labor Relations Board cases, collective bargaining negotiations, strike planning and labor arbitrations. I regularly counsel employers on myriad labor and employment issues encompassing virtually every facet of the employment relationship. I have also represented senior executives in employment agreement and severance negotiations and disputes.