JosephVento
Associate
Labor & Employment
jvento@seyfarth.com
Joe leverages his litigation experience to help employers navigate labor relations and mitigate risk to avoid the courtroom, so they can focus on what they do best.
More About Joe
In today’s ever-changing legal landscape, employers turn to Joe for zealous representation, practical advice, and strategic legal solutions to a host of issues in their workplaces. Joe is a natural problem-solver who enjoys learning the ins and outs of his clients’ businesses and teaming with business owners, managers, in-house counsel, and HR professionals to help them improve employee relations.
Joe is an experienced litigator and skilled negotiator who defends employers against claims such as discrimination, harassment, and retaliation under federal, state, and local laws in New York and New Jersey. Joe is an adept writer and communicator and uses those skills to persuasively advocate for his clients before federal and state courts and administrative agencies.
Joe routinely counsels clients on a host of employment law issues, including leaves of absence and reasonable accommodations, discipline and termination, large reductions in force, federal and state Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act compliance, wage and hour compliance, and restrictive covenants. He regularly crafts employee handbooks, policies, and agreements that align with his clients’ corporate goals and shield them from liability.
Joe also focuses his practice on traditional labor law matters and defends employers against unfair labor practice charges and in labor arbitration proceedings, counsels clients on union organizing and collective bargaining issues, and provides related management training.
Joe is an experienced litigator and skilled negotiator who defends employers against claims such as discrimination, harassment, and retaliation under federal, state, and local laws in New York and New Jersey. Joe is an adept writer and communicator and uses those skills to persuasively advocate for his clients before federal and state courts and administrative agencies.
Joe routinely counsels clients on a host of employment law issues, including leaves of absence and reasonable accommodations, discipline and termination, large reductions in force, federal and state Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act compliance, wage and hour compliance, and restrictive covenants. He regularly crafts employee handbooks, policies, and agreements that align with his clients’ corporate goals and shield them from liability.
Joe also focuses his practice on traditional labor law matters and defends employers against unfair labor practice charges and in labor arbitration proceedings, counsels clients on union organizing and collective bargaining issues, and provides related management training.
- JD, Pace University School of Law
Student Bar Association President - BA, Marist College
Business Administration
- New Jersey
- New York
- US Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- US District Court, District of New Jersey
- US District Court, Eastern District of New York
- US District Court, Southern District of New York
- US District Court, Western District of New York
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Apr 15, 2024
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10/05/2023
Jamie Rich, Lisa Lehmann Nichols and Joseph Vento Discuss Cemex Construction Materials Pacific Case in Material Handling & Logistics
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Aug 28, 2023
Board Wipes Out Decades of Precedent with Card Check Requirements, Punts on Issuing “Captive Audience” Ban or New Rules About Employer Speech
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- Recognized by New York Metro Super Lawyer sas a "Rising Star" in Employment Litigation: Defense (Thomson Reuters) (2022-2024)
- Recognized by New Jersey Super Lawyers as a "Rising Star" in Employment Litigation: Defense (Thomson Reuters) (2016-2022)
- Co-Author, “NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection Issues New Notice to be Provided to Current Employees and New Hires,” Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (April 15, 2024)
- Co-Author, "Board Wipes Out Decades of Precedent with Card Check Requirements, Punts on Issuing “Captive Audience” Ban or New Rules About Employer Speech," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (August 28, 2023)
- Co-Author, "New Jersey Labor & Employment Legislative Update," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (January 25, 2022)
- Co-Author, "Two Years Later: New Jersey’s Governor Extends “Emergency” Powers Again, Further Delaying Effective Date of Extreme NJ WARN Amendments," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (January 12, 2022)
- Co-Author, "Best Practices for Protecting the Franchisor’s Brand While Mitigating Risk from Employment Claims," DRI, For the Defense (January 2018)
- Co-Author, "The Vexing Problem of Me-Too Evidence in Employment Cases," DRI, For the Defense (January 2017)
- Co-Author, "The Limits of the LAD: Co-worker Backlash is Not Enough," New Jersey Law Journal (November 2014)
- Co-Author, "Cobbling a Case Together: The Joint-Employer Theory in Class Actions," New Jersey Law Journal (October 2014)
- Co-Presenter, "Clearing the Haze Around Workplace Marijuana Rules," NFC Webinar (June 2021)
Joe leverages his litigation experience to help employers navigate labor relations and mitigate risk to avoid the courtroom, so they can focus on what they do best.
More About Joe
In today’s ever-changing legal landscape, employers turn to Joe for zealous representation, practical advice, and strategic legal solutions to a host of issues in their workplaces. Joe is a natural problem-solver who enjoys learning the ins and outs of his clients’ businesses and teaming with business owners, managers, in-house counsel, and HR professionals to help them improve employee relations.
Joe is an experienced litigator and skilled negotiator who defends employers against claims such as discrimination, harassment, and retaliation under federal, state, and local laws in New York and New Jersey. Joe is an adept writer and communicator and uses those skills to persuasively advocate for his clients before federal and state courts and administrative agencies.
Joe routinely counsels clients on a host of employment law issues, including leaves of absence and reasonable accommodations, discipline and termination, large reductions in force, federal and state Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act compliance, wage and hour compliance, and restrictive covenants. He regularly crafts employee handbooks, policies, and agreements that align with his clients’ corporate goals and shield them from liability.
Joe also focuses his practice on traditional labor law matters and defends employers against unfair labor practice charges and in labor arbitration proceedings, counsels clients on union organizing and collective bargaining issues, and provides related management training.
Joe is an experienced litigator and skilled negotiator who defends employers against claims such as discrimination, harassment, and retaliation under federal, state, and local laws in New York and New Jersey. Joe is an adept writer and communicator and uses those skills to persuasively advocate for his clients before federal and state courts and administrative agencies.
Joe routinely counsels clients on a host of employment law issues, including leaves of absence and reasonable accommodations, discipline and termination, large reductions in force, federal and state Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act compliance, wage and hour compliance, and restrictive covenants. He regularly crafts employee handbooks, policies, and agreements that align with his clients’ corporate goals and shield them from liability.
Joe also focuses his practice on traditional labor law matters and defends employers against unfair labor practice charges and in labor arbitration proceedings, counsels clients on union organizing and collective bargaining issues, and provides related management training.
- JD, Pace University School of Law
Student Bar Association President - BA, Marist College
Business Administration
- New Jersey
- New York
- US Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- US District Court, District of New Jersey
- US District Court, Eastern District of New York
- US District Court, Southern District of New York
- US District Court, Western District of New York
Related Services
Related News & Insights
-
Legal Update
Apr 15, 2024
NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection Issues New Notice to be Provided to Current Employees and New Hires
-
Media Mentions
10/05/2023
Jamie Rich, Lisa Lehmann Nichols and Joseph Vento Discuss Cemex Construction Materials Pacific Case in Material Handling & Logistics
-
Legal Update
Aug 28, 2023
Board Wipes Out Decades of Precedent with Card Check Requirements, Punts on Issuing “Captive Audience” Ban or New Rules About Employer Speech
-
Legal Update
Jan 25, 2022
New Jersey Labor & Employment Legislative Update
- Recognized by New York Metro Super Lawyer sas a "Rising Star" in Employment Litigation: Defense (Thomson Reuters) (2022-2024)
- Recognized by New Jersey Super Lawyers as a "Rising Star" in Employment Litigation: Defense (Thomson Reuters) (2016-2022)
- Co-Author, “NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection Issues New Notice to be Provided to Current Employees and New Hires,” Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (April 15, 2024)
- Co-Author, "Board Wipes Out Decades of Precedent with Card Check Requirements, Punts on Issuing “Captive Audience” Ban or New Rules About Employer Speech," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (August 28, 2023)
- Co-Author, "New Jersey Labor & Employment Legislative Update," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (January 25, 2022)
- Co-Author, "Two Years Later: New Jersey’s Governor Extends “Emergency” Powers Again, Further Delaying Effective Date of Extreme NJ WARN Amendments," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (January 12, 2022)
- Co-Author, "Best Practices for Protecting the Franchisor’s Brand While Mitigating Risk from Employment Claims," DRI, For the Defense (January 2018)
- Co-Author, "The Vexing Problem of Me-Too Evidence in Employment Cases," DRI, For the Defense (January 2017)
- Co-Author, "The Limits of the LAD: Co-worker Backlash is Not Enough," New Jersey Law Journal (November 2014)
- Co-Author, "Cobbling a Case Together: The Joint-Employer Theory in Class Actions," New Jersey Law Journal (October 2014)
- Co-Presenter, "Clearing the Haze Around Workplace Marijuana Rules," NFC Webinar (June 2021)