Kevin B. Leblang heads our Employment Law department and concentrates exclusively on representing management on employment law litigation and advisory matters.

Mr. Leblang counsels employers on matters ranging from the adoption and application of employee relations policies to the evaluation and minimization of litigation risks of employment decisions. He also represents management clients in litigations before federal and state courts, administrative agencies, and arbitrators. Mr. Leblang has extensive experience litigating claims alleging all forms of discrimination, breach of contract and the myriad of tort claims (e.g. defamation, wrongful discharge, negligent hiring or supervision, etc.) arising out of the employment relationship. He also has extensive experience advising and litigating in the rapidly growing field of employee non-competition law.

Mr. Leblang publishes frequently on employment law topics, including regular Employment Law Updates and these articles: “Distinctive Voice Characteristics Sufficient to Support Race Claims,” Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, January 2007 at 25; “Disparate Income Becomes Harder To Prove,” Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, January 2007 at 25; “Recent Decisions Regarding The Whistleblower Provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act,” Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, September 2006 at 42; “Protecting Employers Against Bloggers,” Forbes.com, February 15, 2006; “Playing Favorites In The Workplace,” Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, November 2005 at 20; “Conducting Internal Investigations of Discrimination and Harassment, Parts 1, 2 and 3,” Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, December 2004, January 2005 and February 2005 (Co-author with Robert Holtzman); “Summary Judgment is Alive and Well,” New York Law Journal, June 12, 2000, at S4, S14, S17; “Older Workers’ Releases Must Be Drafted Carefully,” National Law Journal, January 11, 1999, at B6-7; “Supreme Court Offers Primer on Title VII,” New York Law Journal, July 30, 1998, at 5,7; and “Creating and Enforcing Restrictive Covenants,” New York Law Journal, March 19, 1996, at 1,7.

J.D., Fordham University School of Law, 1984
B.S., Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations, 1981

New Jersey, 1986
New York, 1985

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

New York State Bar Association, Member, Labor and Employment Law Section
American Bar Association, Member, Labor and Employment Law Section
New York County Lawyers Association