Randy Avram is Team Leader of the firm's Labor & Employment practice. Mr. Avram acts as national and regional employment litigation and labor counsel for several Fortune 100 companies. He has successfully defended numerous high profile class actions. Mr. Avram has also acted as first chair in over 100 state and federal employment litigation cases. Mr. Avram has represented companies of all sizes in over 40 union avoidance campaigns with a greater than 95 percent win rate. He has also acted as first chair in over 100 NLRB cases and labor arbitrations. He represents management in all aspects of labor and employment and traditional labor law.

In addition, Mr. Avram often handles high profile workplace violence/workplace catastrophe cases including those involving fatalities and OSHA investigations. Mr. Avram regularly negotiates labor contracts for a variety of companies - large and small. He routinely works with companies to establish litigation avoidance programs, having trained over 5,000 supervisors and managers.

Mr. Avram is listed in the 2010 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business for Labor & Employment Law and each previous edition since 2006. He was recognized in The Best Lawyers in America^® for Labor and Employment Law in 2011 and the four years immediately preceding. Mr. Avram has been recognized as a North Carolina “Super Lawyer” for Employment & Labor and Employment Litigation: Defense by SuperLawyers magazine every year since 2006. In addition, he was honored in Business North Carolina magazine’s 2005 “Legal Elite” as one of North Carolina’s top employment attorneys and as a Triangle area "Mover & Shaker" by Business Leader Magazine. He is AV^® rated by Martindale-Hubbell*.

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