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
bar admissions
- New York
- New York
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101 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10178-0060
Phone: 212.309.6712
Fax: 212.309.6001
Brendan T. Killeen is an associate in Morgan Lewis’s Labor and Employment Practice. Mr. Killeen counsels and represents employers in all types of labor and employment law matters. He has litigated individual, multiplaintiff, class, and collective actions as well as administrative actions under federal and state statutes such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the New York State and New York City Human Rights Laws, and the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Mr. Killeen represents financial services organizations in arbitration matters before FINRA involving claims of wrongful termination, breach of contract, and U-5 defamation. He also provides clients with day-to-day advice on a wide range of employment law issues such as internal investigations of employee misconduct, hiring and discharge, contract disputes, and compliance with state and federal laws governing the workplace.
Mr. Killeen earned his J.D. from New York University School of Law in 2007, where he served as notes editor for the NYU Journal of Law & Liberty. He earned his B.A. in government from Georgetown University in 2001.
Mr. Killeen is admitted to practice in New York.
education
- New York University School of Law, 2007, J.D.
- Georgetown University, 2001, B.A.