Areas of Practice
Labor & Employment
Education
Fordham University School of Law, J.D.
Boston University, B.A.
Bar Admissions
Pennsylvania
New York

Jonathan Landesman
Partner
Philadelphia
215.564.1700
JLandesman@cohenseglias.com
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JONATHAN LANDESMAN is a Partner in the Labor & Employment Group of Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC.

Mr. Landesman specializes in employment litigation at the trial and appellate levels. He represents employers in all types of employment-related cases, including discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims, wage and hour actions, and suits under the Family and Medical Leave Act. Mr. Landesman has extensive experience litigating injunction and damage actions involving non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, employee defections, and trade secrets.

In addition, Mr. Landesman devotes a significant amount of time to conducting collective bargaining negotiations and representing employers in traditional labor law matters. He has handled arbitrations challenging terminations, mass layoffs, and subcontracting, as well as complex contract interpretation cases. He also provides representation to employers facing union organizing, picketing, and work stoppages.

Mr. Landesman regularly counsels clients on workplace issues such as implementing employee terminations, accommodating disabled employees in accordance with the FMLA and ADA, and ensuring wage and hour compliance. He prepares employee handbooks, drug and alcohol policies, employment and non-compete contracts, and severance agreements.

Mr. Landesman's recent engagements include:

  • Obtained a permanent injunction and compensatory damages in a non-competition case following a week-long trial in a Pennsylvania state court;
  • Successfully tried an arbitration case for a publicly traded company involving the transfer of bargaining unit work from a union facility to a non-union facility;
  • Counseled a financial services company implementing a multi-phase mass layoff affecting facilities in several jurisdictions;
  • Successfully briefed and argued the granting of an emergency petition to stay in a wage and hour matter before the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania;
  • Successfully briefed and argued the granting of attorneys' fees in a non-competition case before the Pennsylvania Superior Court;
  • Obtained partial summary judgment in a federal court case resulting in the dismissal of an employment-related assault claim;
  • Successfully negotiated collective bargaining agreements for employers in the manufacturing, distribution, food service, and telecommunications industries; and
  • Obtained remedial orders in an unfair labor practice case against two Philadelphia-based construction unions for using inflatable rats and engaging in unlawful picketing.

Mr. Landesman is a frequent lecturer, and his writings appear in several national publications. He has presented seminars for a variety of national organizations, employer associations, and clients of the Firm. He has taught graduate and undergraduate level courses at Holy Family University as an adjunct faculty member, and has served as an instructor at Ursinus College.

Mr. Landesman is a member of the Pennsylvania and New York bars. He was named a Rising Star as published in Philadelphia Magazine in 2005, 2006, and 2007.

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