Biography
Dane Steffenson joined Littler Mendelson’s Atlanta office after more than 17 years litigating some of the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) most complex, novel and high-profile cases. Dane trained many DOL attorneys and investigators and served as lead counsel on hundreds of employment law cases, including more than 25 trials and many mediations under the
- Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA);
- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA);
- Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA);
- Service Contract Act (SCA);
- Executive Order 11246, H1-B and various whistleblower statutes
Dane’s experience provides him unique insight into the DOL’s enforcement strategies, policies and procedures. In 2016, Dane’s peers and the Solicitor of Labor recognized him as the DOL’s top litigator.
Dane focuses his practice on the FLSA and other wage and hour litigation, ERISA, OSHA, and assisting clients successfully navigate DOL investigations. His FLSA and ERISA practice ranges from single plaintiff to large, complex class or collective actions, with particular expertise in contingent workforces, independent contractor misclassification and Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs).
Dane regularly speaks and writes on issues related to wage and hour, OSHA, ERISA and DOL investigations including co-producing FLSA training for the federal judiciary. He was a co-chair of the American Bar Association’s Fair Labor Legislation Standards committee, Editor for the Collective Actions and “Hybrid” Class Actions chapter of the Fair Labor Standards Act (BNA Third Edition), and regular contributor to FLSA and ERISA annual case updates.