George B. Pauta is a Shareholder in the New York office of the law firm Littler Mendelson. He focuses his practice on representing management in both the public and private sectors in matters involving all areas of labor and employment law. Indeed, George regularly represents clients in defense of claims involving discrimination, retaliation, misclassification, whistleblowing and wage and hour laws, as well as disputes involving wrongful discharge, restrictive covenant, breach of contract and other employment related matters. He has represented clients in federal and state courts, arbitration proceedings and administrative hearings, as well as before numerous administrative agencies, including the U.S. and New York State Departments of Labor, the National Labor Relations Board, New York State Public Employment Relations Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the New York State Division of Human Rights. Contact him at gpauta@littler.com