Overview

Adriana Foreman represents and advises employers in a broad range of labor and employment matters, including front-end compliance, internal investigations, and litigation. She regularly defends single plaintiff employment discrimination, retaliation, and harassment cases brought in federal and state courts. Adriana also advises clients on a wide array of labor relations matters, including unfair labor practice proceedings, union organizing, collective bargaining agreements, and labor grievances and arbitrations.

In addition to her litigation and traditional labor practice, Adriana devotes a substantial portion of her practice to business restructuring and M&A matters. She advises employers on employment issues related to reductions in force and other business restructuring and downsizing matters, including compliance with federal and state Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Acts and the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWPBA). In addition, she performs preacquisition due diligence for corporate clients and private equity firms to identify employment obligations and liabilities that may impact the value and structure of a corporate transaction.

Prior to joining Littler, Adriana worked at a global law firm as part of the firm’s financial restructuring and insolvency group. Her practice focused primarily on corporate bankruptcy and restructuring matters, including the representation of debtors and creditors in Chapter 11 proceedings. Prior to that, she served as a law clerk to the Hon. Robert E. Grossman of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York.

In law school, Adriana served as the managing editor for the Stetson Law Review and a member of the Moot Court Board. She also externed for the National Labor Relations Board, Region 12.

Recognition

LCLD Pathfinder

Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD)

2023

Named, Lawyer on the Rise

The Black Women Lawyers’ Association

2023

Named, Rising Star

New York Metro

Super Lawyers

2023

Fellow

National Employment Law Council

2021-2022

Recipient, Dean W. Gary Vause Award for Outstanding Labor and Employment Law School Student

Florida Bar, Labor and Employment Law Section

2017

Recipient, Dean's Award

2017

Stetson University College of Law

Books & Book Chapters

  • Books & Book Chapters, The Developing Labor Law, American Bar Association, contributing editor

Speaking Engagements

2024 Tri-State Regional Employer Conference

New York, NY

September 19, 2024

2023 Tri-State Regional Employer Conference

New York, NY

June 20, 2023

I Had to Phone Someone, So I Picked on You: Union Protections for Non-Union Employees?

ABA Development Labor Law Committee Midwinter Meeting

February 27, 2023

Education

  • J.D., Stetson University School of Law, 2017cum laude
  • B.S., University of Central Florida, 2013

Languages

  • Spanish

Bar Admission

New York
Florida

Courts

  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida