| LABOR
AND EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE
We
have been retained by a number of businesses to serve as
special counsel for labor and employment law matters. These
businesses call upon us to review their policies, procedures
and employment manuals to help ensure that employment claims
do not arise, and we then litigate the claims if it becomes
necessary. We believe that we are uniquely qualified to
investigate/evaluate these claims because we have also represented
individuals who were wrongfully terminated or who were subject
to discrimination. Unlike firms that represent only management,
we believe that our experience in representing employees
provides us a more well-rounded perspective. When management
asks us for advice or to defend claims, we are able to call
upon the experience of having been on the other side.
In addition, we often advise businesses in connection with
their legal relationships with top management and key employees.
When a high-level employee leaves a business, disputes can
arise concerning restrictive employment covenants and the
protection of trade secrets and proprietary information.
Our experience in litigating such claims provides us with
invaluable insights into drafting legal documents, such
as employment contracts and benefits plans, in a manner
which provides the greatest protection and flexibility for
our clients.
Our experience litigating labor and employment claims has
placed our attorneys before both federal and state courts,
administrative agencies and arbitration panels. Included
among the wide variety of matters which our attorneys have
handled are lawsuits involving sexual harassment and other
forms of unlawful discriminatory conduct, wrongful discharge
and defamation claims, actions to enforce restrictive covenants,
claims in which employees have sought health care, pension
and disability benefits under plans established by their
employers, arbitrations involving the propriety of discipline
imposed by employers, and claims for Workers’ Compensation
and unemployment insurance benefits. |
