Employment Law
The Firm handles a wide range of labor and employment law matters on behalf of private
and public employers. We give our employer-clients practical advice and counsel
on a broad range of issues to help prevent employment-related disputes from arising.
When such disputes cannot be avoided, the Firm defends employers who are sued by
their employees before state and federal courts and administrative agencies.
The Firm provides the following services:
- Employment policies. We draft, review, and help our clients implement
hiring procedures, personnel policies and employee handbooks.
- Agreements. We draft and review employment, independent contractor,
non-competition, non-solicitation, confidentiality, non-disclosure, severance and
separation agreements.
- Internal investigations. We conduct internal investigations of
allegations of sexual harassment, fraud, or other employee wrongdoing.
- Training. We provide training relating to compliance with the equal
employment opportunity laws, handling sexual harassment complaints and avoiding
lawsuits.
- Wage and hour. We counsel employers on the proper classification
of employees as exempt or non-exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act. We also
defend our clients in claims for back pay and overtime, including collective actions.
- Litigation. We defend ADEA, Title VII, ADA, FMLA and other claims
of employment discrimination, wrongful discharge, breach of contract and employment
tort claims.
- Non-competition, non-solicitation and restrictive covenant issues.
We advise our clients on the enforceability of non-competition, non-solicitation
and restrictive covenant agreements and litigate disputes relating to such agreements.