Michael T. Grosso

Michael T. Grosso represents and counsels employers in all aspects of labor and employment law, with a focus on state and federal wage and hour issues involving overtime and other related claims. He has extensive experience with:

• The Fair Labor Standards Act
• New Jersey wage and hour laws
• New York wage and hour laws
• Complex class and collective action litigation

Michael also counsels employers on family/medical leave, discrimination, disabilities and retaliation issues and regularly represents employers in investigations brought by the U.S. Department of Labor and state agencies.

In addition to representing employers, Michael also serves as an impartial mediator for all types of employment disputes with a particular interest in mediating wage and hour class and collective actions. Michael is a New Jersey Rule 1:40 qualified mediator and on the Superior Court of New Jersey's roster of civil mediators.

Prior to joining Littler Mendelson in 2004, Michael held human resources positions with large and mid-sized companies in the financial services, insurance and construction industries and founded a human resources consulting company providing pre-employment background checks. In law school, he was editor of the Journal of International and Comparative Law.