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
Listed, Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2006–2011)
Former Chair, American Bar Association, International Section's Subcommittee on Latin American Employment Law
Former Co-Chair, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, Human Resource Committee
Listed, Florida Super Lawyer (2006–2009)
Listed, The Best Lawyers in America (2007–2011)
Listed, Guide to the World's Leading Labour & Employment Lawyers 2007 (Expert Guides)
Listed, "Top Lawyers," South Florida Legal Guide (2008–2010)
bar admissions
- Florida
- Miami
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200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 5300
Miami, FL 33131-2339
Phone: 305.415.3303
Fax: 305.415.3001
Mark E. Zelek is a partner in Morgan Lewis's Labor and Employment Practice. He currently serves as the Miami office’s managing partner. Mr. Zelek's practice focuses on counseling and representing employers in the full spectrum of employment and employee benefits law matters, including FLSA, noncompete and trade secrets, and discrimination litigation and arbitration. Mr. Zelek also has experience with international and Puerto Rican labor law matters, and he advises domestic clients on Latin American and Puerto Rican labor law and Latin American clients on U.S. labor law.
From 2006 through 2011, Mr. Zelek was named one of the leading U.S. lawyers for employment law by Chambers USA, based on the views of clients, peers, and other industry professionals. Clients reported that Mr. Zelek "rises to the occasion" and "always sensibly weighs up the pros and cons of a matter before acting." Chambers also has called Mr. Zelek "well steeped in labor law" and has reported that Mr. Zelek regularly uses his fluency in Spanish to the benefit of clients, advising Latin American clients on U.S. labor law and vice versa.
Mr. Zelek, who is fluent in Spanish, has lectured widely on a broad range of labor and employee benefits law issues, including at a series of arbitration conferences throughout Central America sponsored by the American Bar Association (ABA).
Mr. Zelek is admitted to practice in Florida.
education
- Columbia University Law School, 1982, J.D.
- Yale University, 1979, B.A.