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Pete Wozniak is a partner in King & Spalding’s Global Human Capital & Compliance practice. He is a vigorous advocate and a candid and personable counselor who strives to help his clients navigate critical, high-stakes issues as painlessly and efficiently as possible. As a labor and employment litigator, he focuses his practice on defending complex workplace class and collective actions across the country.
A dyed-in-the-wool litigator, Pete represents clients in venues around the country and across a number of industries, including transportation and logistics, restaurants, retail, manufacturing, and temporary staffing. Handling a number of high profile matters, he partners with his clients to understand every aspect of their businesses, to help ease the impacts that litigation may have on their operations. His approach to litigation allows him to advise clients regarding strategies that maximize results in litigation and their overall business.
Among other areas, Pete defends employers throughout the United States in a variety of wage and hour class and collective actions and single plaintiff litigation, complex employment discrimination class actions and single plaintiff litigation, and multi-plaintiff Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) litigation. His experience spans the entire life cycle of workplace litigation, from investigation, through fact and expert discovery, trial, and post-trial appeals.
Before he began his legal practice, Pete was a sergeant in the U.S. Army Reserve, serving as a logistician.
J.D., Indiana University School of Law, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif
B.A., Binghamton University
California
Illinois
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Chicago Bar Association
November 29, 2024
Peter Wozniak explains why starting with a pilot program is a good first for companies considering a pet-friendly workplace policy
September 26, 2024
Peter Wozniak discusses former President Donald Trump's campaign proposal eliminate federal taxes on overtime pay
June 10, 2024
Peter Wozniak, Michael Johnson and Cheri Grosvenor represent Emory University in a settlement with a student
February 18, 2025
Employers’ Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace After President Trump’s Executive Orders
February 13, 2025
Newly Appointed FTC Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson to Target DEI and Pursue More Case-by-Case Enforcement Policy Against Non-Competes
February 11, 2025
DEI Initiatives: Where Do They Stand After President Trump's Executive Orders?
November 29, 2024
Peter Wozniak explains why starting with a pilot program is a good first for companies considering a pet-friendly workplace policy
September 26, 2024
Peter Wozniak discusses former President Donald Trump's campaign proposal eliminate federal taxes on overtime pay
June 10, 2024
Peter Wozniak, Michael Johnson and Cheri Grosvenor represent Emory University in a settlement with a student
February 18, 2025
Employers’ Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace After President Trump’s Executive Orders
February 13, 2025
Newly Appointed FTC Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson to Target DEI and Pursue More Case-by-Case Enforcement Policy Against Non-Competes
February 11, 2025
DEI Initiatives: Where Do They Stand After President Trump's Executive Orders?
November 29, 2024
Peter Wozniak explains why starting with a pilot program is a good first for companies considering a pet-friendly workplace policy
September 26, 2024
Peter Wozniak discusses former President Donald Trump's campaign proposal eliminate federal taxes on overtime pay
June 10, 2024
Peter Wozniak, Michael Johnson and Cheri Grosvenor represent Emory University in a settlement with a student
J.D., Indiana University School of Law, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif
B.A., Binghamton University
California
Illinois
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Chicago Bar Association