Eve I. Klein provides strategic advice in all aspects of labor and employment to companies, boards of directors, general counsel, human resource professionals and senior executives.  She is the past Chair of Duane Morris Employment, Labor, Benefits and Immigration Practice Group (2018-2025) and a longstanding member of the firm’s partners board. She is particularly sought after by clients and the firm for her practical counsel in difficult employment law situations and for her strategic advice around the negotiating table.

With 30-plus years in practice, Eve has been involved in all facets of labor and employment disputes.  She possesses extensive experience in traditional labor law matters, including union avoidance, representation elections, collective bargaining negotiations, combatting picketing and strikes and defending unfair labor practice charges.  She has handled hundreds of grievance arbitrations.  Eve has helped clients lawfully withdraw union recognition in the face of changes brought about by remote work and when restructuring their operations.

Eve works with clients in the banking, real estate, legal services, construction and healthcare industries, helping them navigate thorny day-to-day issues involving disability leave, accommodations, workplace misconduct, criminal history and wage and hour compliance.  She strategizes with employers on longer range plans, including reductions in force, incentive performance and retention plans and protection of trade secrets and client relationships. 

Eve is an experienced employment litigator who aggressively represents her clients’ interests in federal and state courts, and before arbitration tribunals and administrative agencies.  She handles claims related to breach of contract, enforcement of restrictive covenants, discrimination and statutory leave.  As pertains to wage and hour claims, Eve defends class and collective actions, as well as single or group claims.  In this regard, Eve has defended schools, call centers, supermarkets and manufacturers in claims related to minimum wages, overtime, fluctuating work week, meal break, donning and doffing and other off-the-clock work.

 Clients also seek Eve out for assistance for labor and employment support in corporate and real estate transactions.  She is also called upon to draft and review employment agreements and policies and to provide interactive training on all issues related to the workplace and performance management. 

Eve is an active speaker and writer on employment and labor issues for clients, business groups and educational institutions.  She is widely recognized as a leading U.S. labor and employment lawyer in such publications as Chambers, Crains, Lawdragon, Super Lawyers and in Best Lawyers in America.

Areas of Practice

ADA Title I and III Litigation

Employment Law Advice and Counseling

Drafting Executive Agreements

Management Labor Relations

Employment Litigation

Class Action Wage and Hour Litigation

Restrictive Covenant Litigation

Collective Bargaining Negotiations

Human Resources and Management Training

Alternative Dispute Resolution, through negotiations, mediation and arbitration