Brendan Sweeney specializes in employment-related trial matters and class actions on behalf of both employers and employees. His deep experience on the employer side, and inside the legal departments of large companies, allows him to quickly assess matters and help clients understand their rights.

After graduating near the top of his class from Villanova Law School, Brendan was a law clerk
to a federal district court Judge in Philadelphia. Beginning in 1998, Brendan was an Associate in
the Labor and Employment law departments at Morgan Lewis and Seyfarth Shaw. In 2005, he
became in-house counsel for Morgan Stanley. In 2007, he joined Luxottica Group, the world’s
largest manufacturer and retailer of eyewear. Brendan was Global Head of Litigation for
Luxottica until 2017, when he joined one of the largest firms in the country specialized in labor
and employment law. He joined the employment law firm Working Solutions as a Partner in 2021.

During his career, Brendan has focused on wage and hour, restrictive covenant, discrimination,
harassment, whistleblower and retaliation matters. He has extensive class action and trial
experience. Brendan managed a multimillion dollar legal department budget and counseled
senior management and Boards of public companies on litigation strategy, risks and the cost of
litigation. He has acted as both the primary lawyer and the client representative in a wide variety
of high stakes litigation. He has hired and managed lawyers from some of the most prestigious
law firms in the world. He has deep experience in the financial services, retail, manufacturing
and hospitality industries.

Brendan holds a Bachelor of Arts from St. John Fisher College and a Juris Doctor (Order of the
Coif) from Villanova University School of Law.

The Son of immigrant parents (a Union Bus Driver and Housekeeper) and a native of Queens,
Brendan believes strongly that employment laws play a vital role in protecting the vulnerable and
leveling the playing field.

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