Joel Rice Email Address

Labor and Employment Partner

McLane Company, Inc. is one of the largest supply chain services leaders, providing grocery and foodservice supply chain solutions for convenience stores, mass merchants, drug stores and chain restaurants throughout the United States. McLane, through McLane Grocery and McLane Foodservice operates 80 distribution centers across the U.S. and one of the nation's largest private fleets. The company buys, sells and delivers more than 50,000 different consumer products to nearly 90,000 locations across the U.S. In addition, McLane provides alcoholic beverage distribution through its wholly owned subsidiary, Empire Distributors, Inc. McLane is a wholly owned unit of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK) and employs more than 20,000 teammates.

For nearly 25 years, I have defended employers in hundreds of employment-related matters. I have extensive experience in handling complex litigation matters--including collective and class actions under federal and state wage and hour laws. I counsel employers on all facets of employment law, including leave issues, harassment claims and pay practices, and assist employers with wage and hour audits and investigations. Another area of emphasis for me is litigation and advice concerning restrictive covenants and trade secrets.