ATLANTA, GA (July 30, 2012) - Littler Mendelson, P.C. (Littler), the world’s largest employment and labor law firm representing management, has named L. Traywick Duffie office managing shareholder (OMS) of its Atlanta office succeeding Cameron Pierce. As one of the founding shareholders of the office, Pierce served in the OMS role for more than 10 years and will continue his practice at Littler focusing on employment litigation and counseling.
“For more than a decade, Cameron has done a tremendous job in building a strong and significant presence in the Atlanta market and we thank him for his efforts,” said Marko Mrkonich, president and managing director of Littler. “Traywick is the ideal candidate to lead the office’s future growth with his extensive experience in starting, growing, and managing law offices and labor and employment practices. We are fortunate to have him take the helm and further the successful efforts already put into place under Cameron’s leadership.”
“Cameron has done an exceptional job of assembling a diverse, energetic, and talented group of lawyers with tremendous subject matter expertise encompassing the full range of labor and employment law issues,” added Duffie. “Drawing upon Littler’s significant national and international resources, I will continue to build and coordinate our Atlanta office in order to further enhance our ability to deliver cost effective, rigorous, and quality representation to our local, regional and national clients. I feel particularly privileged to follow in Cameron’s footsteps given the tremendous pride I have in this office and the firm overall.”
Duffie represents corporate clients in a broad range of industries throughout the country. He has successfully defended numerous class and collective matters and countered union organizing campaigns in more than 40 states, including several key cases which changed or clarified various labor and employment laws and their bounds. Additionally, Duffie has a particular interest in designing and implementing compliance and training programs proactively focusing on avoiding employment litigation and union organizing.
A frequent speaker, Duffie regularly presents before companies, trade associations, business groups and universities. He has earned recognition in the legal community for his exceptional career and has been named by Georgia Trend Magazine as a Georgia Legal Elite; named among The Best Lawyers in America from 2006–2012; named among America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in Chambers USA, 2006–2012, and has been featured by Atlanta Magazine as a Top 100 Super Lawyer.
Duffie earned his J.D. from the University of South Carolina, School of Law in 1972, and his B.A. from Wofford College in 1969.
About Littler Mendelson
With over 900 attorneys and 56 offices throughout the U.S. and globally, Littler Mendelson is the world’s largest labor and employment firm exclusively devoted to representing management. As the only U.S. member of the Ius Laboris global alliance, Littler has extensive resources to address the needs of multinational clients, from navigating international employment laws and labor relations issues to applying corporate policies worldwide. Established in 1942, the firm has litigated, mediated and negotiated some of the most influential employment law cases and labor contracts on record.
