Practice Areas
Honors + Affiliations
Named World's Leading Labour and Employment Lawyer by Who's Who Legal
The American Lawyer Magazine's Litigation Department of the Year - Labor and Employment Law Finalist 2004, Winner 2006, and Finalist 2008
Listed in the highest tier for National Labor and Employment Practice in Chambers USA 2007
Ranked #1 for "Most Prestigious" Labor and Employment Practice, Vault 2008 Associate Survey
Recipient, Award for "Best Lawyer," Corporate Counsel Magazine
Listed, Who's Who Legal (2006) - Labour and Employment
Listed, Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2003-2008)
Listed, The Best Lawyers in America (2006-2008)
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
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
Wilma Theater, Board of Directors
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 35 years, Mr. Dichter has represented and counseled major employers in a full spectrum of employment law issues including employment discrimination, sexual harassment, wage hour laws, ERISA litigation, employee relations, and whistleblower cases.
Mr. Dichter also has dealt with the EEOC, U.S. Department of Labor, and OFCCP at the national and regional levels and has served as counsel for major corporations, securities firms, law firms, and the State of Oregon in high-profile class actions and other significant employment litigation.
Mr. Dichter has been recognized by several organizations as being among the leading labor and employment lawyers in the United States and internationally. He is active in many professional organizations, including his former position as Chair of the ABA Labor and Employment Law Section and regularly speaks at national seminars on employment law topics.
Mr. Dichter is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania.
Education
- Villanova University School of Law, 1969, J.D.
- Drexel University, 1966, B.S.E.E.