practice areas
practice accolades
The American Lawyer Magazine's Litigation Department of the Year – Labor and Employment Law Finalist 2004, Winner 2006, Finalist 2008, Finalist 2010, and Finalist 2012
Listed in the highest tier for National Labor and Employment Practice in Chambers USA 2011
Ranked in the top tier by The Legal 500 for Labor and Employment Litigation, ERISA Litigation, Labor-Management Relations, and Workplace and Employment Counseling (2011)
Ranked, National Tier 1: Employment Law – Management, U.S. News and Best Lawyers (2010)
Named one of Law360's Employment Groups of the Year (2010)
Ranked #1 for "Most Prestigious" Labor and Employment Practice, Vault 2012 Associate Survey
honors + affiliations
Named World's Leading Labour and Employment Lawyer by Who's Who Legal (2006–2011)
Recipient, Award for "Best Lawyer," Corporate Counsel Magazine
Listed, Who's Who Legal (2006–2011) - Labour and Employment
Listed, Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2003–2009)
Listed, The Best Lawyers in America (1989–2009, 2011)
Listed, Guide to the World's Leading Labour & Employment Lawyers 2007 (Expert Guides) Human Resource Executive’s The Best Defense 2008, ranked in national Top Ten
Listed as one of the nation's top 100 most powerful employment attorneys in Human Resource Executive (2009 & 2010)
Named as one of America’s 500 Leading Lawyers by Lawdragon
Noted in The Legal 500 for Employment and Labor (2007)
Noted in The Legal 500 for Labor and Employment—Workplace and Employment Counseling (2008)
Member, Order of the Coif
Past Chair, American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section
Former Co-Chair, American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Equal Employment Opportunity Committee
Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
Member, American Employment Law Council, Board of Directors
Former Chair, Defense Research Institute's Employment Law Committee
Member, Villanova University School of Law, Board of Consultors
Board of Directors, International Visitors Center
Board of Directors, Generations on Line
Philadelphia Orchestra Association, Board of Directors
Wilma Theater, Board of Directors
Former Articles Editor, Villanova Law Review
Former Editor-in-Chief, Annual Supplements to BNA's Employment Discrimination Law
bar admissions
- Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia
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1701 Market St.
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2921
Phone: 215.963.5291
Fax: 215.963.5001
Mark S. Dichter is chair of Morgan Lewis's Labor and Employment Practice. For more than 40 years, Mr. Dichter has represented and counseled major multinational employers in a full spectrum of employment law issues, including complex employment discrimination class actions, high-profile sexual harassment cases, nationwide wage and hour litigation, employee benefits class actions, and whistleblower cases. Mr. Dichter also counsels and represents multinational employers with respect to international employment issues.
Mr. Dichter has represented employers in litigation with the EEOC, U.S. Department of Labor, and OFCCP at the national and regional levels and has served as counsel for major corporations in numerous industries, law firms, and the State of Oregon in high-profile class actions and other significant employment litigation.
Mr. Dichter has been named by the International Who's Who of Business Lawyers as the leading employment lawyer in the world for the past three years. He was named by Human Resources Executive and Lawdragon as one of the 10 most powerful employment attorneys in America and by Lawdragon as one of the 500 Leading Lawyers in America. Chambers USA has consistently listed Mr. Dichter in its highest tier stating "peers and clients see him as the go-to lawyer for complex employment litigation."
Mr. Dichter is former chair of the ABA Labor and Employment Law Section and is a founding fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and a founding board member of the American Employment Law Council. Mr. Dichter regularly speaks at national and international programs on employment law issues.
Mr. Dichter is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania. He is a registered foreign lawyer with the Law Society of England and Wales.
education
- Villanova University School of Law, 1969, J.D.
- Drexel University, 1966, B.S.E.E.