Members

Tedd J. Kochman has spent his entire legal career as a management-side labor and employment law practitioner, representing both large and small companies in connection with a wide array of labor and employment matters. His practice encompasses all aspects of traditional labor law, day-to-day employment law and human resources counseling, handling workplace training activities and compliance, and involvement with employment discrimination litigation.

By way of example, in his traditional labor law practice, he handles:

      All aspects of defending against union organizing drives, including representation elections and            proceedings
      All aspects of practice/procedures before the National Labor Relations Board, including unfair              labor practice matters
      Collective bargaining of labor contracts and negotiations
      Labor arbitrations and mediations
      Labor law compliance training of supervisors
      Strategizing and devising long-term labor strategies for union and non-union enterprises
      Addressing and implementing reductions-in-force, successorship issues, related corporate                    restructuring matters, and double-breasting of operations and other such issues

In his employment law counseling practice, Tedd advises management on:

      Daily labor and employment matters
      Discipline and discharge decisions
      Personnel file documentation
      Wage and hour issues
      Handbooks
      Personnel policies and workplace guidelines
      Workplace training materials
      Hiring packets
      Job descriptions
      Background check issues
      Drafting workplace standards and state and federal law compliance

Tedd represents a broad spectrum of clients, including companies within such arenas as:

      Restaurant and hospitality
      Financial enterprises
      Transportation outfits, such as trucking, and bus and limousine companies
      Commercial and residential construction companies
      Lumber companies
      Casinos
      Mortgage, real estate and insurance companies
      Retail establishments

Tedd served on Littler’s Diversity and Inclusion Council (from 2006 to 2023). Prior to joining private practice, Tedd was a legal clerk to National Labor Relations Board member, Charles I. Cohen, in Washington, D.C. In law school, he was a member and articles editor of Georgetown University’s American Criminal Law Review. He also was a member of Georgetown Law’s Clinical Program.

Recognition

      Chambers USA’s “America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (Labor/Employment)”© (Multiple Year          Recipient) (10 years plus)
      Named, Top 100 Labor Attorneys in America, Labor Relations Institute, 2007 to date
      Named, Rising Star and Super Lawyer – New Jersey Super Lawyer, 2006 to date
      Named, Super Lawyer – New Jersey Super Lawyer Business Edition, 2006 to date
      Named, The Best Lawyers in America®*, 2015 to date
      Recipient, BTI Client Service All-Star Award, 2022
      Named, 40 Under 40, NJBIZ Magazine, 2009
      Named, Top 40 Under 40 Attorneys, New Jersey Law Journal, 2006
      Recipient, Outstanding Achievement Award, Essex County Bar Association, 2002
      Omicron Delta Kappa, Honor Society
      Order of Omega Honor Society

Education
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1995, Articles Editor and Member of Georgetown’s American Criminal Law Review
B.A., Emory University, 1992, Honors Program, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa

Littler Mendelson, P.C. (“Littler”) is committed to excellence and solely functions within the legal spaces related to handling any and all management-side labor and employment matters and workplace needs. By way of limited example, our Firm specializes in all matters involving defense of employment litigation, day-to-day employment law compliance and counseling/training, traditional labor law/union issues, ERISA-benefits law, as well as wage/hour law-counseling/compliance, and immigration work.