Logan S.Kotler

Associate

New York + 1.212.326.3742

Logan Kotler represents and advises clients in a wide range of labor and employment matters. He has experience defending against claims brought under federal, state, and local labor and employment statutes, including the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and state wage and hour statutes, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).

Logan has significant experience defending against class and collective actions at all stages of litigation, including pleading, discovery, pretrial motions, trial, and appeals. Before joining Jones Day, Logan worked at another international law firm, where his practice focused on complex employment, commercial, and bankruptcy litigation matters. In addition to his labor and employment experience, Logan has experience representing corporate debtors, financial institutions and lenders, and other major creditors in complex bankruptcy and restructuring matters.

While in law school, Logan interned at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in Atlanta and served as a judicial extern to Magistrate Judge Alan J. Baverman in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. He also published a comment regarding alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in the Emory Law Journal (65 Emory L. J. 1177 (2016)).

Logan maintains an active pro bono practice, including representing individuals seeking asylum in the United States and securing judgments and settlements on behalf of tenants in housing court litigation.

Experience

  • Bloomberg wins judgment and dismissal of claims challenging its use of fluctuating workweek method to calculate overtimeJones Day secured a critical win for client Bloomberg L.P. on a motion for partial judgment on the pleadings resulting in the dismissal of a former employee's challenge to Bloomberg's use of the fluctuating workweek method of paying overtime.
  • Additional Speaking Engagements

    • November 2, 2022
      New York Developments: Bans on the Use of Artificial Intelligence, Enhanced Retaliation Protections, Expanded Wage-Hour Causes of Action, and More, 2022 Annual New York Labor & Employment Law Discussion Group