Milwaukee Office
411 East Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
53202
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Sean
M.
Scullen
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Partner
Chair, Milwaukee Office Labor and Employment Group
Professional Experience
Sean Scullen is a partner in the Milwaukee office of Quarles & Brady LLP and is currently the head of the Milwaukee office’s Labor and Employment Group. Sean’s practice focuses on providing counsel to private and public sector employers in all areas of labor and employment law, including multijurisdictional defense of litigation employment discrimination and whistleblower claims (including claims under environmental whistleblower statutes and Sarbanes-Oxley litigation), Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA) and state wage and hour law compliance, Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) compliance (federal and state), USERRA and state military leave law compliance, collective bargaining, contract administration, grievance arbitration and non-competition and trade secret litigation. Recent litigation and counseling experience includes:
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Lead counsel in several multiplaintiff, multiclaim Fair Labor Standard Act lawsuits.
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Successful prosecution and defense of claims involving enforcement of employee noncompetition and confidentiality agreements.
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Successful representation of private and public sector clients in numerous arbitrations involving both contract interpretation disputes and disciplinary grievances.
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Successful defense of whistleblower and harassment claims (sexual and disability based) litigated before state and federal agencies and in federal court.
Education and Honors
- University of Wisconsin Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1999)
ABA/BNA Award for Outstanding Study in Labor and Employment Law, 1999. Order of The Coif.
- Santa Clara University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1994)
Honors Program. Phi Beta Kappa.
Bar Admissions
Wisconsin,
1999
Court Admissions
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2010
U.S. Supreme Court, 2006
U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit, 2006
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1999
U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin, 1999
Professional Recognition
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® (2010-present: Labor and Employment Law). Listed in Chambers USA® (2004-present) (2004: noted as “an exceptional talent who has made an early impact”), (2005: “demonstrates a legal sensitivity beyond his years”), (2006: “young and sharp”) and (2008-2010: Labor & Employment). Selected for inclusion in Wisconsin Super Lawyers®–Rising Stars Editions 2006-2009, 2011 (Employment & Labor).
Professional and Civic Activities
- State Bar of Wisconsin (Member, Labor and Employment Section).
- American Bar Association (Member, Labor and Employment Section).
- Human Resources Management Association of Southeastern Wisconsin, Inc. (Member).
- Silver Spring Neighborhood Center (Board of Directors).
- Task Force on Family Violence (Volunteer Advocate).
- Safe & Sound (Board of Directors).
Selected Presentations/Publications
- Presenter, “Wage and Hour Compliance and Class Action Considerations,” Management Rights Association,
April 1, 2011.
- Quoted, “Antisocial Networking Can Backfire,” Wisconsin Law Journal, December 1, 2010.
- “DOL Issues Guidance Regarding Exempt Classification of Information Technology Support Staff and Deductions for Lost or Damaged Equipment from Exempt Employees’ Salaries,” Human Resource Management Association of Southeastern Wisconsin Newsletter, December 2006.
- “Compensation Gone Wild: A Wage and Hour Safari,” Quarles & Brady 19th Annual Labor & Employment Law Symposium, May 2006.
- “E-Discovery: What You Need to Know to be Prepared,” Human Resource Management Association of Southeastern Wisconsin Newsletter, December 2005.
- “Wage/Hour Law Compliance Update,” Rockwell Automation Presentation, August 2005.
- “What Do You Mean I Owe My Lead Worker Overtime?,” Quarles & Brady 18th Annual Labor & Employment Law Symposium, May 2005.
- “E-mails to the Human Resources Department are Subject to Discovery; They are Not Privileged,” Human Resource Management Associates of Southeastern Wisconsin Newsletter, April 2005.
- “Public Sector Wage and Hour Compliance,” CVMIC Seminar, December 2004.
- “Veterans Rights (USERRA)” and “Settlement Agreements and Releases,” MEDS/PDN Presentation, October 2004.
- “Does My Disabled Janitor Have to Mop Yet? ‘Reasonable Accommodation’ Challenges Facing Wisconsin Employers,” SHRM 2004 WI State Conference, October 2004.
- “Employment Law Forum A to Z: FMLA and the Intersection of the FMLA, ADA, WFEA and Worker’s Compensation Act,” Lorman Seminar, September 2004.
- “Military Leave Compliance,” Rockwell Automation Presentation, August 2004.
- Disability Law Update, Quarles & Brady LLP Labor Symposium, May 2004.
- “Does My Disabled Janitor Have to Mop Yet? A ‘Reasonable Accommodation’ Update,” Quarles & Brady 17th Annual Labor & Employment Law Symposium, April 2004.
- “Amendments to Chapter 109 Limit Who Can Bring Wage Claims and Alter the Thresholds Triggering Wisconsin Business Closing and Mass Layoff Law Compliance,” Human Resource Management Association of Southeastern Wisconsin, April 2004 newsletter.
- “Administering Leaves of Absence (FMLA, ADA, WFEA and Worker’s Compensation Issues),” Sterling Education Seminar, March 2004.
- “So Your Janitor With A Disability Doesn’t Want to Mop? Special ‘Reasonable Accommodation’ Challenges Facing Wisconsin Employers,” Management Training Seminar, March 2004; HR Employment Law Program, February 2004.
- “Wisconsin Supreme Court: Employers’ Duty to Accommodate Under State Law May Include Duty to Permanently Restructure or Even Create Jobs for the Disabled,” Practical Guide to Employment Relations, Issue 40, September 2003.
- “HIPAA is Coming, HIPAA is Coming: Implications of Privacy Rules for Employers,” Quarles & Brady LLP Labor Symposium, May 2003.
- “Truth is Stranger Than Fiction: Court Rules that Refusing to Rehire Terminated Ex-Employee Violates ADA,” Practical Guide to Employment Relations, Issue 37, November 2002.
- “Keeping Employees from Taking the Money and Running,” Practical Guide to Employment Relations, Issue 36,
July 2002.
- “Wage and Hour Law Compliance Issues,” Rockwell Automation Presentation, May 2002.
- “Administrating Military Leave: How to Avoid Becoming a Casualty in the War on Terrorism,” Quarles & Brady LLP Seminar, May 2002.
- “FLSA Compliance - Payroll Management,” Lorman Seminar, May 2002.
- “Pre-Employment Background Checks and the Use of Student Interns: Rules You Might Not Know About,” Milwaukee Bar Association Presentation, 2002.
- “Backward, Wisconsin: State Commission Adopts Bizarre View of State Disability Law,” Practical Guide to Employment Relations, Issue 33, October 2001.
- “FMLA: Navigating the Traps for School Employers,” Lorman Seminar, October 2001.
- “Avoiding and Defending Charges of Discrimination in Discipline and Non-Renewal Cases,” Lorman Seminar, October 2001.
- “The FLSA and Wage/Hour Laws: Finding Your Way Through the Maze,” Quarles & Brady LLP Program, 2000.
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