PHILADELPHIA, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Saul Ewing, a leading law firm with more than 260 attorneys, today announced that Susan M. Guerette has been named Special Counsel in the firm's Employee Defection & Recruitment Practice Group. Ms. Guerette has litigated more than 200 employee defection and recruitment matters in over 30 different states. With Ms. Guerette's arrival, the Group now has sixteen attorneys, eight of whom are dedicated full-time to employee defection and recruitment work, enhancing the Group's status as one of the largest groups of this type in the country.
"We have developed a unique Practice Group at Saul Ewing - we have a core of attorneys who focus 100% of their practice on employee defection and recruitment cases - we do it on a nationwide basis, and in a wide array of industries," said Christopher P. Stief, Partner and Co-Chair of the Employee Defection & Recruitment Practice Group. "Susan is a lawyer with a similar vision, who for the last 8 years also has chosen to concentrate her practice on the non-compete and trade secrets issues that arise when employees move from one competitor company to another. She is a natural fit for us."
Ms. Guerette has represented clients in a variety of industries, including securities, banking, retailing, food manufacturing, industrial gas, healthcare, technology companies, medical practice, dental products, life insurance, employee placement, and temporary staffing.
The Group's desire for yet another non-compete litigator reflects a recruiting and hiring environment that is rapidly heating up in a great many industries, both locally and nationally. "When companies increase their hiring of experienced talent and salespeople with books of business, non-compete disputes are not far behind. We have seen a substantial up-tick in our work in the last 6-12 months, which tracks the improved recruiting and hiring environment for sales representatives, mid- to upper-level management and technology specialists," Stief reports. "Historically, our practice has been a fairly accurate barometer of the hiring market. Recent surveys confirmed an increased level of employee compensation and a renewed availability of signing bonuses for certain positions," said Stief, referring to recently reported polls by Mercer Human Resources Consulting and Right Management Consultants.
About "Employee Defection & Recruitment": The law of employee defection and recruitment encompasses all of the legal issues that arise out of the movement of employees to or from a competitor firm. This includes not only post-employment restrictive covenants - such as non-compete, non-solicit, and confidentiality agreements - but also trade secrets, fiduciary duty, duty of loyalty, unfair competition and statutory concerns such as the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act and the Economic Espionage Act.
About Saul Ewing's Employee Defection & Recruitment Practice: Saul Ewing's Employee Defection & Recruitment Practice Group was formed in 2002. The Group's attorneys collectively have litigated more than 1,000 non-compete, trade secret, and related matters in more than 65 state and federal courts in 47 states and Puerto Rico. The Group also has handled international matters arising out of Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. For more about the Practice, please visit http://www.saul.com, click on "Services" and then on "Practice Groups," and follow the link to Employee Defection & Recruitment.
Saul Ewing LLP is a law firm with 260 lawyers in eight offices in Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware, and the District of Columbia. The Firm serves businesses throughout the United States and internationally, including recognizable names in corporate America, exciting start-ups and an array of closely held and privately held companies, as well as nonprofits, governmental and educational entities.
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