Ogletree Deakins Reunites With Shareholder Lauren Zeldin

ATLANTA – January 20, 2017 – Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to announce that Lauren Zeldin has rejoined the firm as a shareholder in the Atlanta office. Zeldin originally joined Ogletree Deakins in 2010 and was with the firm for nearly five years, before briefly working with Littler Mendelson in recent years. Zeldin’s return to Ogletree Deakins further bolsters the Atlanta office’s capabilities in the core areas of employment litigation, wage and hour, class action, and HR counseling.

“We are thrilled to reunite with Lauren, who is both our colleague and friend,” said Greg Hare, managing shareholder of Ogletree Deakins’ Atlanta office. “Lauren is a top-notch employment lawyer who provides excellent client service and has a solid track record of achieving favorable results for her clients.  We are very eager to welcome her back.”

Zeldin has more than a decade of employment law experience. She practices primarily in the areas of employment discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wage & hour litigation before federal and state courts and various administrative agencies. In her counseling practice, Zeldin creates and implements workplace policies and practices, conducts investigations and internal wage and hour audits, and assists in correctly classifying employees under the FLSA.

Active in the Atlanta community, Zeldin is a member of the Georgia Appleseed Center for Law & Justice’s Executive Committee and Young Professionals Council. She is on the board of directors for the Spruill Center for the Arts and Austin Elementary Eagle Foundation.

Zeldin earned her J.D., with high honors, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she was inducted into the Order of the Coif.  She earlier received her B.A. in History, cum laude, from Duke University.

About Ogletree Deakins
Ogletree Deakins is one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management in all types of employment-related legal matters. Premier client service, as outlined in the firm’s Client Pledge, is one of the firm’s top priorities and a cornerstone of its core values. U.S. News – Best Lawyers^® “Best Law Firms” has named Ogletree Deakins a “Law Firm of the Year” for six consecutive years. In 2017, the publication named Ogletree Deakins its “Law Firm of the Year” in the Labor Law – Management category. Ogletree Deakins has 800 attorneys located in 51 offices across the United States and in Europe, Canada, and Mexico. The firm represents a diverse range of clients, from small businesses to Fortune 50 companies.