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NATIONAL - FordHarrison LLP, one of the country's largest management-side labor and employment law firms, is pleased to announce that the firm has named new office managing partners in three offices, effective January 1, 2025, including:
- Jeffrey A. Lehrer - Spartanburg Office
- Luis A. Santos - Orlando Office
- Jacquelyn (Jacki) L. Thompson - Washington, D.C. Office
Jeffrey has been practicing labor and employment law exclusively since 1999 and was appointed as the Managing Partner of the firm's Spartanburg office in 2025. Jeffrey grew up in the restaurant business. His father owned a McDonald's franchise for over 25 years, with as many as six stores, and Jeffrey worked closely with his father in this business prior to becoming a lawyer. This experience gave Jeffrey a unique understanding of the legal pressures and concerns facing employers and led to him pursuing a career in labor and employment law. He has extensive experience representing clients in the insurance brokerage, financial services, healthcare, and restaurant industries. Jeffrey has successfully represented employers in cases in state and federal courts throughout the United States, appearing in over 170 federal court cases and numerous state court cases. He is also State appointed Fire Department Commissioner and is a Board Member of the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind Foundation. For more on Jeffrey, click here: www.fordharrison.com/JeffreyLehrer
Luis has practiced employment and labor law in Florida for 14 years and was appointed as the Managing Partner of the firm's Orlando office in 2025. Luis serves as a co-chair of FordHarrison's Wage and Hour and Restaurant Practice Groups with extensive experience addressing the challenges faced by employers. He has a unique understanding of the administrative and legal challenges faced by clients in industries like hospitality, retail, restaurant, and grocery. Additionally, Luis represents employers in a wide variety of industries beyond hospitality and grocery, including transportation, healthcare, and insurance; handling wage and hour disputes, discrimination claims, union avoidance, regulatory compliance, and all other facets of employment law. Luis also serves as FordHarrison's Deputy Diversity Partner and is focused on recruiting and mentoring diverse attorneys with a particular emphasis on Hispanic outreach. Luis can fluently speak, read, and write in Spanish. He often uses his bilingual skills to train and educate Hispanic management and staff in their native language. For more on Luis, click here:
www.fordharrison.com/LuisSantos
Jacki has practiced employment and labor law in the District of Columbia for 12 years and was appointed as the Managing Partner of the Washington D.C. office in 2025. Jacki represents management in a wide range of employment matters, with particular expertise in labor relations in the airline and healthcare industries. As a member of the firm's Airline Group, she assists both airlines and airline carrier service providers in grievance resolution matters, including grievance arbitrations and mediation. Jacki also has a special interest in charter schools and represents the first unionized charter school in Washington, D.C. Jacki also defends employers before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, various state agencies, and in state and federal courts against claims of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, among other things. For more on Jacki, click here:
www.fordharrison.com/JacquelynThompson
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