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
Ranked, National Tier 1: Labor Law - Management, U.S. News and Best Lawyers (2010)
honors + affiliations
Board Member, Chair of the Youth Leadership Conference, Anti-Defamation League
Executive Member, Amherst College Alumni Association of Philadelphia
Member, Duke University School of Law Moot Court
Winner, Duke University School of Law Dean's Cup (2004)
bar admissions
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
- Philadelphia
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1701 Market St.
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2921
Phone: 215.963.5510
Fax: 215.963.5001
Jonathan S. Krause is an associate in Morgan Lewis's Labor and Employment Practice. Mr. Krause’s practice includes the full spectrum of labor employment law matters, such as wage and hour counseling, employment litigation, employee benefits litigation, employment counseling, traditional labor work, and protection of trade secrets and unfair competition.
Mr. Krause has focused his practice on complex litigation, including numerous wage and hour class and/or collective actions in jurisdictions across the country in the healthcare, retail, entertainment, and telecommunications industries. In addition to complex and single-plaintiff litigation, Mr. Krause has represented employers in securing injunctions in response to unlawful mass picketing and violations of trade secret/noncompetition agreements.
In addition to his litigation background, Mr. Krause has advised clients in a broad range of industries with respect to the overtime requirements of the FLSA, state wage payment statutes, commission plans, and other wage and hour requirements. Mr. Krause also routinely counsels employers on all areas of labor employment law, including reductions in force, decisions regarding adverse employment actions, medical leaves and issues surrounding the ADA, and litigation avoidance.
Mr. Krause earned his J.D., cum laude, from Duke University School of Law in 2004. While in law school, he clerked for Judge Debra Freeman, Magistrate Judge of the Southern District of New York. He earned his B.A., magna cum laude, from Amherst College in 2001.
Mr. Krause is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
education
- Duke University School of Law, 2004, J.D., Cum Laude
- Amherst College, 2001, B.A., Magna Cum Laude, With Honors