Joe Centeno chairs the firm’s Labor, Employment, Benefits & Immigration Section, and he is a nationally recognized leader in labor and employment law. His practice includes high stakes collective and class action litigation, including Fair Credit Reporting Act, employment litigation, #MeToo claims, restrictive covenants, labor relations, policies, leave, termination of employment, joint employment, diversity and inclusion strategy and planning, Title IX investigation and compliance, and C-suite executive employment agreements.

Joe is frequently asked to represent public companies with employment issues arising from named executive officers regarding claims, including Sarbanes Oxley and Dodd-Frank, employment agreements and separation. Joe counsels employers on virtually all employment and labor-related laws and regulations. He has extensive jury trial experience and has been lead trial counsel in numerous high-profile trials and arbitrations. He also has broad experience in defending claims before state and federal agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Department of Labor, the National Labor Relations Board, many state and city Human and Relations and Civil Rights Commissions and agencies, and the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations, where he served as a Commissioner by mayoral appointment. In 2023, Joe served on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania’s Advisory Committee on Local Civil Rules.