Matthew W. Kurlinski

Matthew W. Kurlinski advises and represents employers in a broad range of employment law matters arising under state and federal law, including claims involving:

• The Wisconsin Fair Employment Act
• Wisconsin’s Statute Regulating Restrictive Covenants in Employment Contracts
• The Wisconsin Business Closing and Mass Layoff Notification Law
• Title VII
• The Age Discrimination in Employment Act
• The Family and Medical Leave Act

Additionally, Matt regularly counsels clients on such issues as:

• Employment terminations and disciplinary actions
• Discrimination and harassment complaints
• Unfair competition and trade secret protection
• Workplace investigations
• State and federal mass layoff and business closing notification requirements

Matt is a regular speaker at national and local conferences and presents on a wide range of employment-related issues including workplace investigations, advanced elicitation and interviewing skills, and tactics for assessing employee truthfulness.

Prior to joining Littler, Matt was an attorney in the labor and employment relations practice group at a large regional law firm. In addition, he spent almost ten years with the U.S. federal government working predominantly overseas in a variety of roles related to national security and transnational issues. In law school, he was the executive notes editor of the Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law.