Employment and Labor

Miller Canfield is widely respected as one of the best employment and labor practices in the U.S. BTI Litigation Outlook, which surveys 300 in-house counsel for top-spending organizations in more than 200 industries, ranked our employment and labor practice among the top 18 "standout" firms in the country and among the top 15% of all U.S. law firms in the country for complex employment litigation in 2016. U.S. News and World Report includes Miller Canfield among the "national first tier" firms for management-side employment litigation and labor law. And Chambers USA ranks Miller Canfield among the top employment firms in Michigan.

In addition to clients and outside ratings publications, fellow attorneys recognize the excellence of our employment and labor practice. Miller Canfield is the designated Michigan and Polish law firm in the Employment Law Alliance (ELA), a network of the best labor and employment firms in the world. We write and update the Michigan Employment Law Handbook for the Michigan Chamber of Commerce. We also edit and provide substantial content for Michigan Public Employment and Labor Relations Law and contributed the Michigan and Poland chapters to the ELA's Global Employer Handbook, as well as contributing chapters to publications for the American Bar Association and the Institute of Continuing Legal Education.

For companies with Canadian facilities and employees, we also have a dedicated Canadian employment law team. These attorneys have represented some of the largest companies in the world in front of Canadian national and Ontario provincial labor courts.

The strength of our practice is the depth and breadth of experience among our attorneys, many of whom are recognized by their peers as leaders in the employment and labor field by organizations such as Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers. Four of our attorneys are Fellows in the College of Labor and Employment Law, and one is also a Fellow in the American College of Trial Attorneys, which recognizes attorneys with extensive trial experience at the highest levels.