Max A. Lamcken

mlamcken@littler.com
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Max A. Lamcken represents employers in labor and employment matters, with a practice anchored in traditional labor law, restrictive covenants and unfair competition, employment litigation, and workplace counseling. He routinely advises employers on labor relations strategy, union organizing campaigns, collective bargaining, labor arbitrations, workplace investigations, and day-to-day employment issues. He also represents employers in litigation and administrative proceedings involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour disputes, and other workplace claims. As the mainstay of his practice, Max has facilitated dozens of management-side labor relations and workplace training programs across multiple states and in direct collaboration with business owners, executives, human resources professionals, and in-house counsel.

Beyond his client work, Max remains committed to public service and devotes approximately 100 hours annually to pro bono representation. To date, his pro bono experience has included successful plaintiff-side representation in federal civil rights litigation, as well as the provision of labor and employment counsel to nonprofit organizations in connection with workplace, labor-relations, and collective bargaining matters. 

Before entering private practice, Max served as a judicial extern to both federal and state court judges, worked with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and received the Dedication Award in Recognition of Distinguished Service for his contributions as a staff writer and articles editor for the Villanova Law Review.

Selected Matters

Of particular note, Max’s management-side representation has resulted in the following client victories:

  • Dismissal of unfair labor practice charges
  • Denial of grievances in labor arbitrations and related proceedings
  • Enforcement of restrictive covenants
  • Obtained and defeated applications for injunctive relief
  • Favorable judgments affirmed at the appellate level
  • Defense of employers at administrative hearings and audits
  • Resolution of high-exposure disputes through strategic negotiations and settlements

Credentials & Recognition

Speaking Engagements

Keynote Speaker

  • October 14, 2020
  • Initiation Rite for the Class of 2024 & New Students into the Brotherhood of Hermits, St. Augustine College Preparatory School

Additional Thought Leadership

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