Biography: Management Labour and Employment

A John Harper II is senior counsel in Morgan Lewis's labour and employment practice. Mr Harper's practice includes the exclusive representation of employers in labour and employment law matters and litigation under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA); the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA); Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA); the Employee Income Retirement Security Act (ERISA); the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA); and other state and federal laws impacting employment relations.

Mr Harper's experience includes union-organising efforts, collective-bargaining negotiations, union-contract administration, strikes and other union-related matters; litigation under various federal and state laws involving employee-employer issues such as age, race, or sex discrimination claims; ERISA claims and claims of wrongful or retaliatory discharge; and other state law tort claims such as defamation, invasion of privacy, and tortious interference with contract. Mr Harper regularly counsels and advises employers concerning compliance with and issues under all applicable state and federal laws, including issues arising in mergers and acquisitions, plant closings and reductions.

Mr Harper is listed in The Best Lawyers in America and in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, and is a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.