For a third consecutive year, Carrington Coleman partners Mike Birrer and Christie Newkirk have been selected among the Lawdragon 500 Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers. They were selected based on their broad-based Labor & Employment Law practices.

Mike Birrer’s national practice touches on every aspect of the employer/employee relationship, from drafting hiring policies to structuring mass layoffs and providing counsel on workplace issues including employment policies, wage/hour compliance, safety rules, termination risks, and protection of trade secrets.

Christie Newkirk’s practice focuses on management-side employment law, advising clients on a far-reaching variety of critical human resources matters including the planning and implementing of reductions in force, managing employee and executive performance issues, making high-risk employment decisions, and drafting confidentiality, noncompetition, and executive employment agreements.

The annual Lawdragon 500 Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers guide honors the nation’s top advisors on diverse workplace issues including mobility, benefits, and executive compensation as well as wage and hour class actions, discrimination, and non-compete agreement disputes. The full 2025 list can be found at: https://www.lawdragon.com/guides/2024-09-20-the-2025-lawdragon-500-leading-corporate-employment-lawyers.