Vanessa M. Cohn defends employers across the country in high-stakes class and collective actions. Vanessa has successfully compelled individually-named plaintiffs into arbitration, and routinely opposes, and has prevailed against, efforts to certify classes and/or to send notice of collective actions. Vanessa has also had success in decertification of actions. She has extensive experience resolving such actions, and has drafted complex settlement documents and overseen settlement administration in countless cases. Vanessa’s active litigation practice in this space enables her to advise clients on compliance with federal and state wage and hour laws, internal compliance reviews, and defense of federal and state audits.
Vanessa also defends employers and corporate officers in cases involving breach of contract, retaliation, wrongful termination, and related employment actions.