Morgan Lewis

Mark E. Zelek

Partner

Mark E. Zelek focuses on employment and employee benefits counseling and litigation involving wage and hour, discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, and retaliation claims in addition to whistleblower, noncompetition, and trade secrets matters. As leader of the firm’s global labor and immigration practice, Mark handles international and Puerto Rican labor law matters. He advises US clients on Latin American and Puerto Rican labor law and Latin American clients on US labor law.

Extended Profile

Mark is a member of Morgan Lewis’s cross-practice global workforce team, which provides integrated cross-border advice, counseling, and strategic planning on labor, employment, benefits, and immigration issues.

Fluent in Spanish, he has lectured widely on labor and employee benefits law issues, including at a series of arbitration conferences throughout Central America sponsored by the American Bar Association (ABA).

Mark is a contributing author to Getting the Deal Through—Labour and Employment, an annual series of deskbooks that provide international analysis in key areas of employment law and policy for corporate counsel, cross-border legal practitioners, and global team leaders.

Education

  • Columbia Law School, 1982, J.D.
  • Yale University, 1979, B.A.

Admissions

  • Florida

Awards and Affiliations

Ranked, Labor & Employment, Florida, Chambers USA (2006–2018)

Lawyer of the Year, Labor Law – Management, Miami, The Best Lawyers in America (2019)

Recognized, The Best Lawyers in America (2007–2019)

Member, Practice Group of the Year, Employment, Law360 (2017)

Winner, The Daily Business Review’s Litigation Department of the Year – Labor and Employment (2014, 2017)

Top Lawyer, South Florida Legal Guide (2005–2013, 2017)

Recognized, Florida Super Lawyers (2006–2015)

Recognized, Who’s Who Legal: Labour and Employment (2012–2016)

Recognized, Guide to the World's Leading Labour & Employment Lawyers 2007 (Expert Guides)

Advisory Committee Member, Juncadella Corporate Counsel Group

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

Publications

2018 - Getting the Deal Through – Labour & Employment 2018 – Global Overview

5/12/2015 - Venezuelan Employers Must Immediately Put Outsourced Employees on Payroll

6/26/2014 - Managing the Global Workforce Webinar Series 2014 – International Assignments: Structuring and Managing for Business Success

6/12/2014 - Managing the Global Workforce Webinar Series 2014 – Implementing Workplace Policies Across Multiple Jurisdictions

5/29/2014 - Managing the Global Workforce Webinar Series 2014 – Navigating Global Diversity Trends and Requirements

5/8/2014 - Managing the Global Workforce Webinar Series 2014 – Cross-Border Transactional Due Diligence

6/17/2013 - Getting the Deal Through — Labour & Employment 2013 Podcast Interview Series: Global Overview

5/16/2013 - Global Workforce Webinar Series 2013 — Maintaining Employment Noncompete Agreements in a Global Marketplace

5/9/2013 - Global Workforce Webinar Series 2013 — Strategies Today for Your Workforce of Tomorrow

4/18/2013 - Global Workforce Webinar Series 2013 — A Road Map for Employer Data Privacy Issues

4/13/2012 - Managing the Global Workforce: Latin American Markets

3/8/2012 - Managing the Global Workforce Series: The United Kingdom and European Union Countries

2/3/2010 - 2010 Prediction: Florida to Remain a Hotbed for FLSA Litigation Webinar

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News

8/20/2018 - The Best Lawyers in America Names 18 Morgan Lewis Lawyers Practice-Specific ‘Lawyers of the Year,’ Recognizes Additional 203 Morgan Lewis Lawyers

June/July 2017 - The Cuba Advisors, Cuba Trade

Events

9/15/2016 - 2016 Managing the Global Workforce Webinar Series – International Whistleblowers: Understanding Protections and Managing Responses

11/20/2015 - The South Florida Group of Regional Counsel Seminar 2015

5/29/2014 - Managing the Global Workforce Webinar Series 2014 - Navigating Global Diversity Trends and Requirements

5/8/2014 - Managing the Global Workforce Webinar Series 2014 - Cross-Border Transactional Due Diligence

5/16/2013 - Global Workforce Webinar Series 2013 — Maintaining Employment Noncompete Agreements in a Global Marketplace

4/24/2013 - Global Workforce Webinar Series 2013 — Restructuring a Global Workforce

9/30/2012 - 2012 International Bar Association Annual Meeting

7/24/2012 - Labor and Employment Summer Webinar Series: State Employment Law Road Trip Across the United States — Florida

5/17/2012 - Managing the Global Workforce Series: Social Media and Employment

4/26/2012 - Managing the Global Workforce Series: Greater Asian Market

4/19/2012 - Managing the Global Workforce Series: Latin American Markets

3/7/2012 - Managing the Global Workforce Series: The United Kingdom and European Union Countries

8/19/2010 - Lorman Education Service's Fair Labor Standards Act in Florida Seminar

2010 Prediction: Florida to Remain a Hotbed for FLSA Litigation Webcast

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