As Chair of BakerHostetler’s national Labor and Employment Group and an experienced employment litigator and adviser, Amy Traub focuses her practice on the management side of employment law matters for clients in all industries, with a particular focus on the healthcare, hospitality and retail industries. She informs clients of the risks involved in a particular situation and, ever mindful of business practicalities, ensures that the resolutions she proposes accommodate the inner workings of the clients' businesses.
Amy is ranked in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business as a leader in the field of Labor and Employment, where she has been described as being "very good at seeing all sides of things and discussing the risks in a way that is very easy for someone who's not a lawyer to understand" (Chambers USA 2015). Amy is also recognized as a New York Metro Area "Super Lawyer" and as a national honoree in the Women, Influence & Power in Law Awards by Corporate Counsel and Law.com. She was recently the recipient of BakerHostetler's "Trailblazer Award" for 2022, an honor designed to recognize a woman lawyer who has made significant contributions to the firm and to the legal profession, and who inspires her women colleagues through example and achievement.
Amy has also been on the front lines of the global COVID-19 pandemic, leading the firm’s COVID-19 Task Force, managing the firm’s COVID-19 Resource Center and providing around-the-clock advice, counsel and strategic business acumen to employers faced with maintaining compliance with various continuously changing federal, state and local laws, as well as guidance from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As the focus has shifted to return-to-the-workplace planning and the future of work, Amy regularly advises clients on a post-pandemic workforce, remote and hybrid working challenges and opportunities and COVID-19-related litigation.
Advice and Counsel Experience
- Provides ongoing advice and counsel to companies of all sizes. Advises chief executives, human resources and legal departments on all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, leaves of absence, religious and disability accommodations, background check processes and forms, and compliance with employment laws. Counsels clients on termination and restructuring efforts, including New York WARN Act compliance and related issues.
- Provides ongoing counsel to numerous healthcare institutions and hospitals on COVID-19 vaccination mandates and other pandemic protocols..
Litigation Experience
- Serves as designated outside employment law counsel for a number of clients with respect to federal, state and city agency complaints, and federal and state lawsuits involving all manner of employment disputes.
- Representing multiple hospitals in connection with mandatory vaccine-related litigation, including disability and religious discrimination allegations.