Kevin Miller is a labor and employment partner in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Kevin’s practice is focused on guiding clients through their most complex and sensitive workforce issues, including managing the onboarding and separations of executives and key employees, effectively addressing allegations of workplace misconduct, implementing broad-based restructurings, assessing worker classification and wage-and-hour practices, and navigating competition and employee solicitation issues. Clients turn to Kevin as a strategic advisor for high-touch advice during crisis situations, as well as for day-to-day counseling on a broad range of federal, state and local employment laws and regulations.
Kevin also routinely advises on the employment-related aspects of U.S. and cross-border mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, investments and restructurings. In this capacity, he leads labor and employment due diligence efforts, negotiates and drafts purchase agreements and transition services agreements, and develops and implements workforce integration plans. Kevin is frequently called upon to prepare and negotiate executive employment agreements, consulting agreements, restrictive covenant agreements, separation agreements and other critical employment-related documents.
Kevin has deep dispute resolution experience, having represented clients in all phases of litigation in state and federal court and before administrative agencies. In particular, he has significant experience litigating non-compete, non-solicitation and trade secret matters, in addition to defending clients against allegations of retaliation, discrimination, and wage-and-hour violations.