Profile
Michael James Kolvek is a member of the Labor & Employment Practice in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Michael has experience in virtually all aspects of employment litigation, including handling discovery, enforcing arbitration agreements, pre-trial motion practice, and running point on document intake and review, conducting witness interviews, and drafting deposition outlines, opening statements, and cross-examination outlines used during trial. Michael also has experience running lead on settlement negotiations for his clients.
Michael maintains an active Pro Bono practice through which he seeks to help clients draft expungement requests, obtain increases in child support, and draft required documentation and plans for small businesses.
Capabilities
Experience
- Represented Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies against various single-plaintiff claims for discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, failure to accommodate, failure to pay overtime, meal and rest break violations, and failure to pay minimum wage.°
- Represented Fintech company in wrongful termination and retaliation arbitration brought by Executive member ultimately obtaining complete victory for client.°
- Successfully argued before AAA arbitrator to move arbitration out of contractually obligated expedited arbitration procedures and ultimately negotiate a settlement agreement for client in breach of contract claim.°
- Investigated, drafted, and argued in state court to obtain workplace violence restraining orders for retail clients.°
- Advised international company on State-specific and Federal Notice and Poster Requirements.°
- Advised Fortune 100 company on OSHA complaints.°
- Drafted Statements of Position in response to Union Grievances.°
- Drafted Motions to seal and Notices of lodging in trade secret matters.°
- Drafted Injury & Illness Prevention Program and Emergency Action Plan for client.°
- Advised on EEOC charges against client in food and beverage industry.°
°The above representations were handled by Mr. Kolvek prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
- Legal Extern, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Federal Hearings Unit, 2021
Recognition & Leadership
- Recipient, Atlanta Bar Association, "Edward J. Henning Memorial Award for Excellence, Academic Record, and Keen Interest in Dispute Resolution," 2022
Credentials
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J.D., with High Honors, Emory University School of Law, 2022
- Executive Managing Editor, Emory Law Journal
- Dean’s Teaching Fellow
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B.A., magna cum laude, Augustana University, 2018
- Dean’s Scholar
- California