McGuireWoods’ Sabrina Beldner, Matthew Kane Among ‘Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers’

December 11, 2020

Sabrina A. Beldner and Matthew C. Kane, partners in McGuireWoods’ Century City and San Francisco offices, are recognized among Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers for their work representing clients in employment-related litigation and labor law matters.

Beldner chairs McGuireWoods’ Labor & Employment Department. She represents clients in employment-related individual, class, representative and collective action claims and labor law matters and conducts high-level employee misconduct investigations and management training on preventing workplace harassment, discrimination and retaliation.

Beldner also leads the firm’s LGBTQ+ Lawyers Network and serves on its Diversity & Inclusion and Recruiting Committees. Her community involvement has included volunteering for numerous LGBTQ+ organizations.

Kane is a nationally recognized corporate employment lawyer who represents businesses in employment-related claims, wage-and-hour class actions and collective actions, misappropriation of trade secrets and noncompetition agreement claims, and labor-management relations issues. He recently was named to BTI Consulting Group’s 2020 Client Service All-Stars list.

“Sabrina and Matt are nationally recognized litigators and trusted advisers who excel at helping our corporate clients navigate high-stakes employment matters,” said Dion Hayes, deputy managing partner of the firm’s litigation practice. “We congratulate them on this well-deserved honor.”

McGuireWoods’ Labor & Employment Department again earned a national Tier 1 ranking in the 2021 edition of U.S. News-Best Lawyers’ “Best Law Firms.” The practice also earned top Band 1 rankings in California, Illinois, North Carolina and Virginia in the 2020 edition of “Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.”