Kurt has a national practice focused on complex labor and employment matters and related litigation. He represents employers in a wide range of traditional labor matters, including union organizing campaigns and NLRB election proceedings, collective bargaining, strikes and lockouts, and labor strategy matters.  A recognized thought leader in traditional labor law, Kurt has testified before the US House of Representatives on multiple occasions on proposed reforms to US labor policy and has represented the nation’s most influential trade associations in amicus curiae and other filings in labor cases of national significance in the appellate courts and before the U.S. Supreme Court.  He has been recognized as a 2022 Top 10 Labor Lawyer by Benchmark Litigation , as a leader in Labor & Employment, Virginia, Chambers USA, 2021-2024, as a “Go To Lawyer” in Employment Law, Virginia Lawyers, 2024,  and as a 2024-2025 Benchmark Top 50 Labor & Employment Litigator.