Sidney F. "Sid" Lewis V - Lawyer in New Orleans, LA

Sid Lewis is a partner and leader of the Labor EmploymentPractice Group, where he consults and advises management and human resourcespersonnel with respect to employment and labor laws. Sid advises clientsthroughout the United States in all industries, including retail, hospitality,healthcare, manufacturing, and service industries. A majority of his workinvolves general advice to employers on a variety of employment situations,including discipline, terminations, applications, leave requests, transfers,noncompete agreements, trade secret information, wage payments, wage and hourlaws, family and medical leave, disabilities, workers' compensation,discrimination complaints, workplace harassment, internal investigations,documentation, policy reviews, preventative counseling, supervisor training,and early litigation negotiation. He frequently presents training andeducational seminars for supervisors, centering primarily on federal and stateemployment laws, as well as effective supervision techniques designed to avoidlitigation. Sid has successfully defended hundreds of lawsuits involvingfederal and state employment claims. He regularly handles Equal EmploymentOpportunity Commission and National Labor Relations Board charges onbehalf of employers. In the labor sector, Sid has represented companiesthroughout the United States as labor counsel and/or chief spokesman incontract negotiations and has handled union elections and labor arbitrations ina variety of industries. Sid is a frequent speaker and moderator for personnelassociations and trade groups throughout the Southeast.