Naomi F. Katz represents private and public sector employers in all facets of labor and employment law. Her practice includes representing management in litigation pending in federal and state courts, hearings before administrative agencies and mediation and arbitration proceedings. She has extensive experience with employee claims involving sex, race, national origin, age, and disability discrimination, wrongful discharge, sexual harassment, long-term disability benefits and workers' compensation retaliation. She also has argued cases involving all aspects of employee discipline and discharge.
Ms. Katz counsels employers on a wide range of labor and employment matters, including compliance with federal and state employment discrimination laws, drug and alcohol testing, covenants not to compete, wage and hour laws, leave of absence issues, separation agreements, and collective bargaining obligations. She works with employers of all sizes to evaluate their personnel policies and practices to assist them in complying with federal, state and local labor and employment laws. In connection with this consulting work, she advises employers in preparing employment agreements, human resource manuals, employee handbooks, covenants not to compete, and a wide variety of policy and procedure documents and forms. She has extensive experience representing public sector employers, including many municipalities and other governmental bodies. Ms. Katz also speaks extensively on a wide variety of employment-related topics at seminars and conferences.
Ms. Katz is the co-editor of Holland & Knight's Employment, Labor and Benefits newsletter. She also serves as the Women's Initiative Coordinator for the Chicago office of Holland & Knight. In addition, she participates in Holland & Knight's Fair Employment Practices Committee. Ms. Katz also has been recognized by Holland & Knight for her representation of pro bono clients. Ms. Katz has also recently been named a 2008 Rising Star.