Michael Sheehan joins DLA from Paul Hastings as Co-Global Cochair of Labor & Employment. Rachel Cowen and Terence Smith join as partners, while P. Kevin Connelly will join the firm as of counsel. Sheehan has tried numerous cases before juries from Tucson, AZ to Newark, NJ, from Atlanta, GA to Golden, CO, and many spots in between. He obtained one of the largest awards ever in a non-compete/raiding case – $20 million – for a multinational insurance company; successfully defended a sexual harassment case before a jury; won a directed verdict in a national origin discrimination trial; won JNOV in federal court in Atlanta in an ADEA retaliation case for a large international insurance carrier; and, as a corporate plaintiff, won a $6 million award from a jury in a trade secret case in Colorado.
