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
Recipient, ABA Award for Excellence in Labor and Employment Law
bar admissions
- California
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Central Districts of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Los Angeles
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300 South Grand Ave, 22nd Fl.
Los Angeles, CA 90071-3132
Phone: 213.612.1190
Fax: 213.612.2501
Jason M. Steele is an associate in Morgan Lewis's Labor and Employment Practice. Mr. Steele maintains a diverse practice focusing on traditional labor law, employment litigation, and counseling. He has successfully represented clients in collective bargaining negotiations, preventing strikes and work slowdowns, averting union action, as well as handling matters before labor arbitrators and the National Labor Relations Board, particularly in the manufacturing and transportation industries.
Mr. Steele also has defended employers in the full spectrum of employment litigation, including discrimination, harassment, unfair competition, family leave, and wage-hour matters. Mr. Steele devotes a significant part of his practice to assisting employers to keep pace with California's complex and evolving employment laws, particularly in the areas of overtime, meal and rest period compliance, sexual harassment, trade secret protection, and disability accommodation.
Mr. Steele earned his J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law in 2002 and his B.A., magna cum laude, in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1998.
Mr. Steele is admitted to practice in California and before the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Central Districts of California and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
education
- University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, 2002, J.D.
- University of California, Los Angeles, 1998, B.A. (Political Science), Magna Cum Laude