Ariel Cudkowicz Email & Phone Number

I am a partner in the Wage & Hour Litigation Practice Group in Seyfarth Shaw’s Boston office. My principal area of concentration is in wage and hour matters, including federal and state wage and hour audits, and litigating collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act and class actions under state wage and hour laws. I specialize in representing clients in the retail industry in FLSA collective actions, and in the hospitality industry in class actions challenging the distribution of tips and service charges under Massachusetts law. I represent private and public employers, throughout the United States, in administrative and court litigation under the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act and under Massachusetts Wage & Hour laws for over 16 years. I have handled numerous class actions under state wage payment laws in Massachusetts and handled collective actions under FLSA throughout the country. The collective actions have involved potential plaintiffs from several hundred to over 11,000. I also provide advice to Fortune 100 and 500 corporations on compliance with Massachusetts and federal wage and hour laws and avoidance of litigation under those laws. I have also provided such assistance to several of the top retail and hospitality companies.My litigation practice covers the full spectrum of litigation services, including litigation management, motion practice, jury trials and appeals before federal and state courts and administrative agencies. I have extensive experience in alternative dispute resolution proceedings, including arbitration, mediation, conciliation and summary and mini-trials encompassing most substantive areas of employment litigation.I lecture on wage and hour topics for human resource specialists and am a member of the Society for Human Resources Managers, the New England Human Resources Association and the Massachusetts Restaurant Association.Specialties: Collective and class action wage & hour litigation under federal and state law; litigation of Massachusetts Tip Statute claims; complex employment discrimination cases; litigation of trade secret and non-competition cases.

Listed skills include Employment Law, Litigation, Arbitration, Employment Discrimination, and 15 others.