![Kevin M. Cloutier, Labor and Employment Attorney, Sheppard Mullin Law Firm](https://www.natlawreview.com/sites/default/files/styles/author_profile/public/images/KevinCloutier.jpg?itok=Ue5A7kZh)
Kevin Cloutier is a partner in the Labor and Employment Practice Group and co-chair of the firm's Non-Compete and Trade Secrets Team in the firm's Chicago office. He is also a member of the Firm's Diversity and Inclusion Committee.
Areas of Practice
Mr. Cloutier’s practice focuses on all areas of labor and employment law, with an emphasis on employment-related litigation and proactive counseling of management-side clients. He is an experienced trial lawyer with first-chair trial experience before state and federal trial and appellate courts all over the country, arbitrators, FINRA, the National Labor Relations Board, and administrative agencies. He has successfully argued multiple law-changing and precedent-setting federal appeals on behalf of his clients.
Mr. Cloutier’s litigation experience includes defending employers of all sizes in class and collective actions, multi-plaintiff, and single plaintiff cases, including statutory discrimination and harassment claims, wage and hour claims, whistle-blower actions, retaliatory discharge, white-collar criminal matters, traditional labor law, tort and contract claims, and ERISA benefits claims.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Kevin M. Cloutier
- What Does Affirmative Action’s Death Knell Mean for Employers? - (Posted On Wednesday, July 12, 2023)
- Buyer Beware: Delaware Courts Continue to Refuse to Enforce Deal-Based Non-Competes - (Posted On Thursday, June 29, 2023)
- Illinois Supreme Court Rules All BIPA Claims Are Subject to Five-Year Time Limit - (Posted On Friday, February 03, 2023)
- Buyer Beware: Delaware Declines to Enforce Sale of Business Non-Compete - (Posted On Thursday, January 19, 2023)
- FTC Seeks to Ban Noncompete Agreements in Employment Contracts - (Posted On Friday, January 06, 2023)
- Could the Supreme Court’s Decision in the Harvard and UNC Cases Indirectly Affect Corporate Diversity Initiatives? - (Posted On Thursday, November 17, 2022)
- Colorado’s New Restrictive Covenant Law Now Effective - (Posted On Thursday, September 01, 2022)
- Buyer Beware: Tenth Circuit Issues Decision Emphasizing Critical Need for Employment Diligence - (Posted On Thursday, September 01, 2022)
- Buyer (and Seller) Beware: The FTC Is and Will Come for Your M&A Non-Competes - (Posted On Tuesday, June 21, 2022)
- Void vs. Voidable: The Distinction That Can Make or Break a Tortious Interference Claim in Light of the Great Resignation - (Posted On Monday, May 09, 2022)