Biography

Randi B. May represents a broad range of employers in all aspects of the employment lifecycle, with a focus on management-side counseling, compliance, and day-to day advice. Randi first seeks to understand how clients want their story to end so she can determine exactly how to get them there, and works tirelessly to craft tailored and creative solutions to complex problems.

While known for her ability to avoid litigation, Randi is also recognized as a skilled litigator. When necessary, she is a zealous advocate on behalf of her clients in both federal and state courts, before administrative tribunals, and in arbitrations and mediations.

Randi regularly drafts and negotiates employment and executive agreements, compensation agreements including commissions, separation agreements, all forms of restrictive covenants and confidentiality agreements, and employment related policies. Randi also advises companies in connection with transactions, including mergers & acquisitions, investments, and fundraising. Randi has worked on every kind of termination of employment, from sensitive one-off terminations to mass reductions in force.

In compensation and wage and hour-related matters, Randi has audited payment practices, implemented company-wide changes to commission agreements and compensation systems, including changing classifications from exempt to non-exempt, and has litigated and resolved countless claims for back overtime. Randi also regularly counsels employers on the increasingly challenging area of employee physical and mental health issues, including requests for time off and accommodations.

Randi also has substantial experience conducting and advising employers on workplace investigations, including allegations of sexual harassment, discrimination, and retaliation, and assistance with post-investigative actions.

Randi began her law career in the Labor and Employment department at Skadden. With big-firm experience securely in hand, she joined the litigation boutique Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney (“Hoguet Newman”), where she gained two decades of hands-on experience in employment-related litigations and became adept at avoiding litigation. She was made partner at Hoguet Newman in 2009 and served on their executive committee.

In 2022, Randi joined the Employment Law practice at Tannenbaum Helpern as a partner, seeking to grow her practice by offering her clients a full suite of legal services.

A New Jersey native and Long Island resident, Randi was the first in her family to attend college (SUNY Albany) and law school (Brooklyn Law School). She is the recipient of numerous legal awards, and a frequent speaker and author on current trends and new developments in employment law, including the Fair Labor Standards Act and post-employment noncompetes.