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Amy Epstein Gluck

Partner, Chair of Employment, Labor and Benefits

Amy Epstein Gluck is a partner at Pierson Ferdinand and Chair of its Employment, Labor, & Benefits Department, specializing in employment law and DEI compliance. She handles workplace investigations and wage and hour audits; workplace compliance and defense of Title VII, ADA, FMLA, and ADEA claims as well as misclassification issues and all matters involving people. She serves as the firm’s Employment Counsel, advising the firm’s Chairmen and partners about employment compliance issues and creating and implementing the firm’s employment policies.

Ms. Epstein Gluck authors the Pierson Ferdinand Employment Law Blog and regularly contributes legal expertise to The Washington Post concerning prevalent and pertinent employment law issues. She has been quoted in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, Business Insurance, Bloomberg Law, SHRM, and Law360.

Alejandro Pérez

Partner, Employment, Labor and Benefits

Alejandro defends employers of all sizes against claims of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour violations, wrongful termination, unfair labor practice charges, and other disputes arising out of the employment relationship. He also represents employers in matters involving the misappropriation of trade secrets, breaches of restrictive covenants, non-compete agreements, and other contractually based claims.

Alejandro relishes learning about his clients’ businesses and works closely with them to create handbooks, HR policies, and develop best practices that are maximally compliant, minimize risk, increase employee job satisfaction, and support diversity and inclusion. He also assists clients with compliance-related concerns and helps with labor and employment issues that arise during mergers and acquisitions, and other corporate transactions. He also helps clients with internal audits in various areas, including pay equity studies, I-9 compliance, and other employment-related compliance concerns.

Alejandro also travels around the country speaking and training employers, managers, and workforces on a myriad of cutting-edge employment law and labor relation topics, diversity and inclusion, LGBTQ+ workplace issues, workplace civility, the creation of respectful workplace norms, and leadership development. Alejandro enjoys assisting his clients and others by demystifying the most complex employment laws and developments.

Giovanni Antonucci

Partner, Employment, Labor and Benefits

Giovanni Antonucci Di Cesare focuses his practice on labor and employment, immigration, and business matters. He has significant experience representing businesses, non-profit organizations, and institutions in single-plaintiff, collective action, and class action litigation that relates to labor, employment, and business claims before administrative agencies, courts, appellate courts, and arbitrators.

Giovanni proactively and collaboratively partners with his clients to ensure their compliance with federal, state, and local laws, represents them during administrative audits and investigations, assists them with internal audits and investigations, and advises them on the implementation of best practices. He has developed a deep expertise with respect to DOL Wage and Hour and immigration compliance, as well as discrimination, governance, and compliance investigations. As part of his counseling, Giovanni drafts and advises on a wide range of agreements, policies, and protocols for employers, such as executive agreements, handbooks, and labor supply protocols.