Rachel S. Lesser

Associate | She/Her/Hers

Overview

Rachel’s practice focuses on labor and employment and antitrust matters, including investigations and complex litigation. Her experience counseling clients on non-compete laws and other employment concerns adds value to her antitrust practice.

In her antitrust practice, Rachel helps clients facing civil lawsuits and government investigations. She has experience with a wide range of antitrust matters, including no poach and price fixing conspiracies. In addition, Rachel concentrates her labor and employment practice on internal investigations and class action litigation. Rachel’s litigation experience covers matters including multi-district antitrust litigations, wage and hour disputes, and wrongful termination claims. She has a nationwide practice in federal and state courts, representing clients effectively as both plaintiff and defendant. Rachel has advised client on pre-litigation issues, as well as handled complex fact and expert discovery and drafted dispositive motions.

Rachel also maintains a robust pro bono practice, serving as a Guardian ad Litem in multiple child custody disputes.

Prior to joining Crowell, Rachel was a legal intern for the majority staff of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis.

While at Georgetown University Law Center, Rachel participated in a fact-finding human rights mission to Botswana with the International Women’s Human Rights Clinic. She also was the Managing Editor for the Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law & Policy. Upon graduating, Rachel received the Dean’s Certificate for special and outstanding service to the Georgetown Law community. She also interned for the Honorable Rosemary M. Collyer on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Career & Education

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    • Georgetown University, B.A., 2015
    • Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., cum laude, 2020
    • Georgetown University, B.A., 2015
    • Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., cum laude, 2020
    • District of Columbia
    • District of Columbia

Rachel's Insights

Client Alert | 5 min read | 07.25.24

Diverging from Texas Federal Court’s Preliminary Ruling, Pennsylvania Federal Court Declines to Enjoin FTC’s Rule Banning Non-Compete Agreements

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) is now batting .500 in its effort to defend its rule banning most employee non-compete agreements.  On July 23, 2024, Judge Kelley Hodge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied the request for a preliminary injunction to block that rule from going into effect pending a full trial.  This decision is at odds with the decision issued earlier this month by Judge Ada Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, which found that the FTC had exceeded its statutory authority and issued a limited preliminary injunction that prevented the rule from becoming effective as to the plaintiffs in that case. ...

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Rachel's Insights

Client Alert | 5 min read | 07.25.24

Diverging from Texas Federal Court’s Preliminary Ruling, Pennsylvania Federal Court Declines to Enjoin FTC’s Rule Banning Non-Compete Agreements

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) is now batting .500 in its effort to defend its rule banning most employee non-compete agreements.  On July 23, 2024, Judge Kelley Hodge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied the request for a preliminary injunction to block that rule from going into effect pending a full trial.  This decision is at odds with the decision issued earlier this month by Judge Ada Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, which found that the FTC had exceeded its statutory authority and issued a limited preliminary injunction that prevented the rule from becoming effective as to the plaintiffs in that case. ...