For over 30 years, Jeffrey has represented high-level executives, professionals, and businesses of all types and sizes – from Fortune 500 companies to international airlines, construction firms, technology companies, multi-unit restaurant companies, law firms, medical groups, and startups – in complex labor, employment, and HR matters. Jeffrey is also a frequent author and speaker on employment law issues. He has appeared in numerous publications and has presented before trade groups, conferences, professional associations, and corporations on a wide variety of employment law topics.
Jeffrey holds the most prestigious “AV Preeminent” ranking in labor and employment law, confirming that other lawyers and judges rank him at the very highest level of legal knowledge, ethics, and overall professional excellence within the field. In addition, Jeffrey has been recognized as a Northern California “Super Lawyer” in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025, an award given to only the top 5% of lawyers in California. In 2020, Jeffrey was selected by his peers for inclusion in U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Lawyers in America” in the field of employment law. In 2018, 2022, 2023, and 2024, Jeffrey was voted a “Top Rated Lawyer in Labor & Employment Law” by America Lawyer magazine, Corporate Counsel magazine, and the National Law Journal.
Prior to starting his own practice, Jeffrey was an Equity Partner at the international law firm Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP where he was a member of the Labor & Employment Law Group. Prior to that, Jeffrey was Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Sloan Pratt LLP, a labor and employment law boutique in San Francisco, and an Associate Attorney in the international law firm Heller Ehrman LLP’s litigation practice.
Jeffrey is admitted to practice in California, New York, and in Washington, D.C. Jeffrey is a member of the California State Bar, the New York State Bar Association, the D.C. Bar, the American Bar Association, the Labor & Employment Law Section of the California Lawyers Association, and the Labor & Employment Law Section of the New York State Bar Association.
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2025
AV Preeminent Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
2025
California Super Lawyer, SuperLawyers
2021
Best Lawyer in Employment Law, Best Lawyers in America
2017 - Present
Managing Shareholder, Workplace Legal, A Professional Law Corporation
2006 - 2017
Principal, Law Office of Jeffrey S. Sloan
1999 - 2003
Equity Partner, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
1995 - 1999
Managing Partner, Sloan Pratt LLP
1991 - 1995
Associate, Heller Ehrman LLP
2024 - Present
New York State Bar AssociationMember
2024 - Present
The DC BarMember
1991 - Present
American Bar AssociationMember
1991 - Present
State Bar of CaliforniaMember
2006
MMH - Masters of Management in Hospitality
1991
JD - Juris Doctor
1988
BA - Bachelor of Arts
2011
HR & Employment Law for Small Businesses
2005
Starting A New Business -- A Roadmap
2002
Current Trends in Labor & Employment Law
2002
Employment Law Issues Confronting Technology Companies
2001
Client Development and Cross-Marketing
2000
Managing Difficult Employees
2009
2002
2001
2001
2000
1999
English