Fisher & Phillips

Fisher Phillips, LLP is an American law firm representing management in the areas of labor, employment, civil rights, corporate compliance and governance, data security, employee benefits, and immigration law. The firm has 39 offices with more than 600 attorneys. The firm’s headquarters are in Atlanta, with offices in the U.S. in Baltimore, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbia, Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Gulfport, Houston, Irvine, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Louisville, Nashville, New Jersey, New Orleans, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Tampa, Washington, D.C. Metro, and Woodland Hills. In 2023, the firm expanded to Mexico through its international practice group, with offices in Mexico City, Guadalajara and Queretaro.

The firm was founded in 1943 in Atlanta by I. Walter "Ike" Fisher. Erle Phillips joined Mr. Fisher in 1949. The firm was one of the first in the U.S. to focus its practice on representing employers in labor and employment matters.

Practice areas
The firm has several practice areas: employee benefits; employee leaves; employment discrimination and harassment; global immigration; labor relations; litigation of employment disputes; mergers, acquisitions and downsizing; corporate compliance and governance; occupational safety and health; data security; preventive services; trade secrets and unfair competition; wage and hour law.

Practice groups
The firm has several practice groups: automobile dealership; education; employee benefits; employee defection and trade secrets; government affairs; healthcare; hospitality industry; retail industry; workplace and catastrophe management.