Noah S. Oberlander

"Noah Oberlander has broad experience working on contentious labor and employment matters, including fraud and abuse, trade secrets and discrimination cases. He also handles due diligence concerns arising from corporate transactions."
Chambers USA, Virginia, Labor & Employment

"Noah is great to work with."
Chambers USA, Labor & Employment client

Noah is counsel in Reed Smith’s Labor & Employment Group. Noah’s practice focuses on defending privately and publicly held for-profit companies in employment and commercial disputes in state and federal courts, and administrative proceedings. Noah also works closely with in-house counsel and company management regarding day-to-day compliance and best practices.

Noah S. Oberlander

Richmond

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Chambers USA 2026 recognizes Reed Smith with 79 practice rankings and 173 lawyer recognitions

Chambers USA 2025 awards Reed Smith 76 practice rankings, profiles 145 lawyers

20 Reed Smith lawyers recognized by Virginia Business as Legal Elite

Noah Oberlander named to Virginia Lawyers Weekly 2024 class of Up & Coming lawyers

Chambers USA ranks 66 Reed Smith practices and 134 lawyers

Reed Smith announces promotions for 2024

Chambers USA ranks 62 Reed Smith practices and 126 individual lawyers

Insights

Investigations and enforcement trends: Top takeaways for Q2 2025

Immigration Enforcement Underway: Preparing for I-9 Inspections and Site Visits

DOJ warns employers not to discriminate while complying with U.S. export controls

Immigration Enforcement Underway: Preparing for I-9 Inspections and Site Visits

DOJ warns employers not to discriminate while complying with U.S. export controls

Blogs

What's new in Virginia: Bans on certain non-competes, restrictions on non-solicitation, and Virginia State Bar study on settlement confidentiality

Virginia looks to enact sweeping employment law reforms — what employers need to know

Virginia legislature seeks to curb non-competes for health care workers

Virginia expands non-compete restrictions to cover all non-exempt employees

Key investigations and enforcement trends for Q2 2025

Immigration enforcement underway: Preparing for I-9 inspections and site visits

Maryland joins the growing list of states requiring pay disclosure in job postings

U.S. Supreme Court agrees to resolve the split between the Circuits on the burden of proof for FLSA exemptions

U.S. Department of Labor mandates two salary threshold increases for white collar FLSA exemptions and a mechanism for future automatic increases

U.S. Department of Labor proposes nearly 55 percent increase in the salary threshold for white collar exemptions with automatic increases

USCIS establishes permanent optional remote Form I-9 inspection procedure for E-Verify employers and releases new version of Form I-9 for all employers

U.S. Department of Labor clarifies how to calculate FMLA leave over holidays

Next Up: NLRB General Counsel opines that most non-competes violate Section 7

Employers warned not to discriminate while complying with U.S. export control laws

Virginia further limits confidentiality and non-disparagement agreements and restricts the use of employee social security numbers

Events

Virginia's new employment regulation landscape: What employers need to know now

Investigations and enforcement trends webinar series: Key priorities for Q2 2025