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Matthew Cecil

Of Counsel

9555 Hillwood Drive, 2nd Floor, Las Vegas, NV 89134
P 702.222.2547
OVERVIEW

Matt Cecil builds relationships of trust with clients by promptly providing honest advice and clear communication.

Matt’s practice focuses on representing and assisting employers with the varied issues arising out of their relationships with their employees. He represents employers in federal and state courts, as well as administrative agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Nevada Equal Rights Commission (NERC), Department of Employment Training and Rehabilitation (DETR), the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the Employee-Relations Management Board (EMRB), the Office of the Labor Commissioner (OLC), and the Nevada Occupational Safety & Health Administration (NV OSHA).

Matt also teaches seminars and provides training on a variety of labor and employment law topics. During law school, he served as a judicial law clerk for the Hon. Michelle Leavitt of the Eighth Judicial District Court of Clark County, Nevada. Prior to law school, he was a juvenile probation officer for the 4th District Juvenile Court of Utah.

EXPERIENCE

Experience

Employment Matters Covered Under
  • Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
  • The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
  • The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
  • The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)
  • The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Labor and Management Relations
  • Union Campaigns
  • Collective Bargaining
  • Labor Grievances, Arbitrations and Disputes
  • Unfair Labor Practice Charges
HR Counseling, Compliance, and Risk Management
  • Employment, Severance, Non-solicitation, and Confidentiality Agreements
  • Non-compete / Trade Secret Claims
  • Employee Misconduct
  • FMLA Leave Compliance
  • ADA Accommodation Compliance
  • Discrimination Claims
  • Policy Violations
  • Internal Investigations
  • Harassment
  • Wage and Hour Compliance
  • OSHA, Workplace Safety and Emergency Response
PRACTICES

Practices

Labor and Employment
Labor and Management Relations
Discrimination, Harassment, Retaliation, and Litigation
Accommodations, Disabilities, Leaves
HR Counseling, Compliance, and Risk Management
NEWS AND INSIGHTS

News

Publications

"Obligations and Risks When Conducting Layoffs," Nevada Lawyer Magazine, Co-Author, July 2022
"Avoiding Pitfalls When Trying to Offer Benefits that Exceed the FMLA's Mandate," Colorado Employment Law Letter, April 2019

Speaking Engagements

"Union Organization and Navigating Union Encounters," Associated Builders and Contractors of Utah Lunch and Learn, 05/25/2022
"FFCRA and the CARES Act," Associated Builders and Contractors of Nevada Webinar, 04/17/2020
"FFCRA and the CARES Act," Associated Builders and Contractors of Utah Webinar, 04/09/2020
"COVID-19 Employment Law Update," Holland & Hart Webinar, 03/26/2020
"Effective Workplace Communication," National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) Breakfast Meeting, January 15, 2020
""Is that Agreement Enforceable?" A look Into Employee Arbitration and Non-Compete Agreements," Nevada State Bar Conference, Vail, CO, June 2019
"Discrimination Harassment and Retaliation, and Wage and Hour and Leave Laws," National Business Institute, Las Vegas, NV, March 2014
"Discrimination Harassment and Retaliation," Nevada State Contractors Board, Las Vegas, NV, September 2013
"Public Employee Investigations with Garrity & Weingarten Rights," Nevada Government Civil Attorneys Conference - Nevada Advisory Council for Prosecuting Attorneys, May 2013
EDUCATION AND ADMISSIONS

Education

William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada Las Vegas
Brigham Young University
B.S., 1998

Bar Admissions

Nevada

Court Admissions

U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Washington, D.C.
RECOGNITION

Recognition

  • The Best Lawyers in America® Employment Law - Management, 2020-2023; Litigation - Labor and Employment, 2020-2023; Litigation - ERISA, 2021-2023
  • The Best Lawyers in America® Lawyer of the Year, Litigation - ERISA - Las Vegas, 2023
  • Mountain States Super Lawyers® Rising Star, Labor & Employment
  • Nevada Business Magazine, Nevada Legal Elite
  • Vegas Inc, Top Lawyers, Labor and Employment, 2020
  • Martindale-Hubbell®, AV Preeminent® Rating

PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC AFFILIATIONS

Professional and Civic Affiliations

  • American Bar Foundation, Fellow
  • Nevada Bar Association, Labor & Employment Section,
    Vice-Chair 2016-present,
    CLE Subcommittee Chair, 2014-2016
  • Workforce Connections, Volunteer, Board of Directors, 2012-2014
DISCLAIMER

Unless you are a current client of Holland & Hart LLP, please do not send any confidential information by email. If you are not a current client and send an email to an individual at Holland & Hart LLP, you acknowledge that we have no obligation to maintain the confidentiality of any information you submit to us, unless we have already agreed to represent you or we later agree to do so. Thus, we may represent a party adverse to you, even if the information you submit to us could be used against you in a matter, and even if you submitted it in a good faith effort to retain us.

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