Jennifer L. Muse
Michigan
Honigman LLP
2290 First National Building
660 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, MI 48226-3506
Tel: 313.465.7748
Email:
jmuse@honigman.com
Web:
www.honigman.com
Jenn Muse is a Partner in the Detroit office of Honigman LLP, leading business law firm serving clients locally, nationally, and internationally from its 9 offices.
Jenn is an employment law attorney who provides proactive counsel to businesses on practical strategies, steps, and policies to address human resources and relations concerns. She focuses her practice on employment counseling and strategic acquisitions. She also serves as counsel for businesses on employment litigation matters, from wage and hour class and collective action lawsuits, to single-plaintiff employment discrimination claims.
- Counsels businesses in buy- and sell-side transactions on worker-related diligence, human resource transitions, and workforce strategies
- Drafts practical work rules, policies, procedures, and employee handbooks to support employers’ specific business goals
- Negotiates employment contracts and severance agreements, including noncompete agreements
- Defends charges brought against employers before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and state civil rights departments
- Advises employers with federal contract compliance, including developing affirmative action programs and meeting reporting requirements
- Represents employers in various stages of state and federal litigation, including responding to complaints, drafting discovery requests and responses, and crafting dispositive motions
- Counsels start-ups, small businesses, and emerging companies on initial human resources matters and contracts
- Provides practical and forward-thinking counsel while keeping each client’s end goals in mind
- Serves as a member of Honigman’s Emerging Companies Group
Representative Matters
- Advised private equity firm on the build-out of a platform’s workforce model in the construction industry
- Participated in continued build of an insurance platform
- Defended and achieved favorable settlement of a statewide collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act involving several hundred class members
- Achieved dismissal of litigation into arbitration
- Counseled restaurants through the Michigan Restaurant and Lodging Association Legal Center
- Served as a facilitator with the Honigman Legal Academy
Honigman’s Labor and Employment department is recognized for its breadth of capability, level of responsiveness, and ability to appreciate and meet client objectives. Serving both U.S. and foreign clients, we provide comprehensive counseling, strategic planning, and litigation services to a wide variety of industries.
We focus on gaining a clear understanding of the full context of each client’s situation and then on developing strategies to protect their interests and meet their business goals. We are proud to say that many of our clients are rated as among the best places to work in the country.
Our emphasis is on helping clients avoid and reduce exposure to employment claims. We function as full-service human resources counselors, assisting clients with federal, state, and labor law local compliance issues. We also provide workplace training on employment law, audit existing employment practices, and help clients to establish operations and good practices across the country during expansions. We regularly counsel clients on traditional labor issues as well, including union avoidance and collective bargaining agreements.
Beyond day-to-day counseling, we are known for our expertise advising clients on transactions of varying levels of complexity. We review deal agreements and diligence and help clients analyze and price employment law risks. We also negotiate executive and officer employment agreements and incentive arrangements, help transition key executive relationships, and assist with post-closing employee onboarding issues.
If litigation arises, we aggressively defend our clients in courts throughout the country, and we regularly achieve significant victories in doing so. We represent employers in noncompete and trade secrets disputes; class actions and collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act; and other discrimination, harassment, and retaliation lawsuits. We have successfully represented clients regarding a broad spectrum of federal, state, and local employment claims.
Honigman is on the forefront of developing new approaches to add value to our client service. With our innovative administrative approaches, project management skills, and client service teams, our attorneys are able to work proactively with our clients to deliver outstanding service and results. The extraordinary proficiency of our attorneys and staff, our client service ethic, and our Midwest cost structure allows Honigman to successfully compete with the nation’s largest law firms.
For 75 years, Honigman has been repeatedly commended by peers and clients for exceptional performance. Our Corporate/M&A, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Bankruptcy/Restructuring and Real Estate practices are ranked in the top tier in Michigan by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2023. U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” ranks 17 of our major practice areas nationally among the nation’s most prominent law firms.