Henry M. Perlowski

Henry is a partner in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice, co-chair of the Employment practice, co-chair of the Oil & Gas industry team, and a member of the Background Screening and Hospitals & Health Systems industry teams. He helps employers, employer service providers, and boards of directors solve their most complex legal dilemmas and acts as outside general counsel and the key relationship advisor for clients in the energy, healthcare, consulting, security, and other industries. Nationally, Henry serves as lead counsel in litigation across 40 jurisdictions, taking dozens of cases to verdict before juries and arbitration tribunals.

Henry has deep experience advising companies in complex workforce restructurings and how to mitigate risk flowing from decisions involved in restructurings. He carefully counsels clients through some of their most sensitive matters including internal investigations, executive separation, earn-out, and fiduciary duty disputes. Henry also represents management teams in complex contract and equity negotiations in corporate acquisitions. He serves as the lead partner in handling client relationships with their represented workforce, including negotiating collective bargaining agreements, handling grievance arbitrations and related proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board. He defends class and collective actions under federal and state anti-discrimination, wage-and-hour and background screening laws, and frequently represents employee benefit plans and service providers in ERISA and related contract litigation regarding claims under PPO and traditional network plans and under reference-based reimbursement plans. Henry also addresses all forms of competition, trade secret, breach of corporate opportunity, and related disputes.