CHICAGO – Vedder Price is pleased to announce that veteran attorney Hope Goldstein has joined the Firm as a Shareholder in the Labor and Employment practice area.Most recently Goldstein spent the past 17 years as a partner with Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner in New York, bringing extensive experience to Vedder Price with a strong focus on traditional labor law and employment law and litigation issues.“Adding Hope to our overall team ensures clients will always get the key strategic guidance she can provide for their traditional labor law and employment law needs,” said Vedder Price Shareholder and Chair of the Labor and Employment practice area, Elizabeth N. Hall. “Hope has developed key client relationships across the country, which will serve her well as she works in our Dallas and New York offices and across our other locations. We are thrilled to have her  join the firm.”

The Frances Perkins Building of the U.S. Department of Labor headquarters in Washington, D.C. Public domain photo by Ed Brown, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Additionally, Goldstein focuses on representing clients in matters involving compliance with the National Labor Relations Act, labor negotiations and arbitrations, mergers and acquisitions, labor crisis management and long-term work force strategies. She also routinely advises clients on employee relations and compliance matters, defends employers against discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and statutory and common law employment claims.Goldstein received her law degree from American University Washington College of Law, and her undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.About Vedder Price:Vedder Price is a thriving commercial law firm with nine offices in major global cities including Chicago, New York, Washington, DC, London, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Singapore, Dallas and now Miami. The firm offers a unique and sophisticated mix of finance, corporate, labor and employment, and litigation legal services, including market-leading practices in global transportation finance, middle-market finance/M&A, executive compensation, employment class actions, investment services and more. Vedder Price has enduring relationships with marquee organizations, and many of the firm’s clients have been with the firm since its founding in 1952. For more information, visit vedderprice.com.