Caroline H. Cheng advises and defends regional, national, and multinational employers on a wide range of workplace law matters. She represents employers across all sectors and also has extensive experience with the entertainment, hospitality, and real estate industries, as well as with nonprofits, foundations, associations, and intergovernmental organizations. Caroline helps employers set things up right, before problems escalate, and she gets them into the best possible position in situations where litigation is necessary.
Clients trust Caroline to provide practical business advice that is grounded in best practices and tailored to clients’ goals. Employers of all sizes partner with Caroline on matters including policy design and drafting, employment contracts, restrictive covenants, employees’ requests for accommodations and leaves, performance management and employee discipline, wage and hour compliance, employee benefits, and terminations. Caroline’s practice has a particular focus on handling sensitive matters including workplace investigations and difficult personnel matters and disputes.
Caroline brings a unique perspective to her practice having worked at both law firms and as in-house counsel. Before joining Ogletree, Caroline was a principal at another labor and employment law firm. Before that, she served as in-house counsel to the National Basketball Association, handling issues ranging from labor negotiations and immigration to employee benefits and cross-border employment matters. Caroline has contributed to the American Bar Association’s International Labor and Employment Laws treatise. She started her career as a labor and employment lawyer at a global law firm in New York.
Caroline has been recognized multiple times by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® (Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management) and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America. She earned her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and her B.A. from Princeton University.
