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    Christopher J. Stevens

    Counsel


    • Albany
    • Office518.427.2737
    • cstevens@nixonpeabody.com

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    Introduction

    Chris Stevens is a member of the Labor & Employment practice group. He handles employment litigation and provides employment-related advice and counsel across a wide variety of industries.

    Practice Areas

    Labor & EmploymentLabor & Employment LitigationTransactional Employment Due DiligenceWage-Hour Compliance & LitigationLabor RelationsNon-Compete & Trade Secrets

    My focus

    I represent employers confronted with people, payroll, and other problems that arise in the context of the employment relationship. My practice focuses on litigation, though I also provide employment-related advice and counsel to clients across a wide spectrum of industries.

    Employment Litigation

    I represent employers in all phases of litigation. I regularly handle cases filed in both state and federal court. I also defend clients against employment-related claims before various administrative agencies including the EEOC, the NLRB, the New York State Division of Human Rights, and the Department of Labor. I have experience litigating wage-hour class actions seeking unpaid overtime, collective actions brought under the FLSA, and single plaintiff lawsuits alleging discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.

    I view cases that clients entrust me to handle as problems to solve and pride myself on developing practical solutions to them in an efficient way.

    Compliance and Counseling

    I also provide strategic advice and counseling on a variety of employment-related legal issues including handbook/policy development, terminations, performance management, overtime eligibility, reasonable accommodations, and leave requests. My proactive advising includes providing trainings on various topics including harassment, wage-hour compliance, and more.

    Prior to joining Nixon Peabody, I served as in-house employment counsel at Goldman Sachs. My in-house experience enables me to understand and appreciate how clients are looking at a problem and how outside counsel can add value during the collaborative process of working with a client to develop solutions that work for their unique business.

    Looking ahead

    The evolution and further adoption of tools that leverage machine learning and artificial intelligence will be enormously impactful over the next decade. Those developments will impact almost every aspect of every business.

    Insights

    • “FLSA Changes and Wage Theft Protection Act Notices,” The HR Advisor, August 3, 2016 (co-author)
    • “Keeping Up With Evolving Cybersecurity Regulations,” New York Law Journal, June 6, 2016 (co-author)
    • “An Empirical Study of Dissent at the Third Department,” 74 Albany Law Review 913, 2011
    • “Beating Around the Bush: Reforming the Political Question Doctrine and Creating a Necessity Based Exception,” Center for Judicial Process blog, Spring 2011

    Admitted to practice

    New York
    U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
    U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
    U.S. District Court, Western District of New York

    Education

    Albany Law School, J.D.
    Syracuse University, B.A.

    Recognition

    • Recognized as an Upstate New York “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers magazine

    In the News

    • New York Law Journal

      On the move

      This roundup of recent attorney hirings and promotions across New York state features the arrival of Albany Labor & Employment counsel Vince Polsinelli and Chris Stevens to the firm.
      May 16, 2022
    • Bloomberg Law

      Wake up call

      This roundup of notable legal industry news and attorney moves includes the arrival of Albany Labor & Employment counsel Vince Polsinelli and Chris Stevens to the firm, highlighting that Vince is returning after previously working at NP.
      May 13, 2022
    • Law360

      Nixon Peabody adds two labor and employment attorneys

      This article features the arrival of Albany Labor & Employment counsel Vince Polsinelli and Chris Stevens to the firm, highlighting that Vince returns after previously working at NP for about 12 years. The article details a longstanding connection between their families as well as a look at their previous experience. Labor & Employment practice group leader Tara Daub, of Long Island, is also quoted in the story.
      May 11, 2022

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    • Tara E. Daub

      Partner / Practice Group Leader, Labor & Employment
      • Long Island
      • Office:516.832.7613
      • tdaub@nixonpeabody.com
      Tara E. Daub
    • Richard J. Frey

      Partner
      • Los Angeles
      • Office:213.629.6177
      • rfrey@nixonpeabody.com
      Richard J. Frey
    • Kimberly Harding

      Partner / Deputy Leader, Litigation Department
      Leader, Labor Relations Team
      • Rochester
      • Office:585.263.1037
      • kharding@nixonpeabody.com
      Kimberly Harding
    • Stacie B. Collier

      Partner / Chief Talent Officer
      • Providence
      • Office:401.454.1018
      • sbcollier@nixonpeabody.com
      Stacie B. Collier
    • Rachel L. Conn

      Partner / Leader, Occupational Safety & Health (OSHA) Practice
      • San Francisco
      • Office:415.984.8216
      • rconn@nixonpeabody.com
      Rachel L. Conn
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