Employment
The Employment Law Group represents both employers and employees in a wide variety of matters. We firmly believe that our representation of both employers and employees allows us to analyze the legal and practical issues that arise in employment disputes from all perspectives, in order to guide our clients to swift and favorable resolutions.
Employer Representation
Attorneys in our Employment Law Group represent employers in connection with virtually every type of employment controversy and regularly counsel companies of all sizes to guide them through the federal, state and local laws that impact the employment relationship.
We aggressively defend employers against the whole range of employment-related claims, including race, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy and disability discrimination, workplace harassment, retaliation, wrongful discharge, defamation and invasion of privacy. We also represent employers in litigation arising out of the breach by employees of employment contracts, including, for example, severance agreements, confidentiality agreements and restrictive covenants. We practice before state civil rights agencies, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, arbitrators and mediators, and state and federal courts.
While we are experienced litigators, we recognize that employers generally prefer to avoid litigation, if possible and reasonable under the circumstances. Accordingly, our employment attorneys regularly counsel employers on how to avoid problems and minimize risk with respect to such issues as employee discipline, alleged harassment and the protection of trade secrets.
In addition, we develop and review agreements and policies that define and regulate the employment relationship, including employee handbooks, offer letters, employment agreements, non-competition and non-disclosure agreements, performance appraisal review forms and policies, warning letters, separation agreements with enforceable releases (to bring closure to sensitive employee disputes), restrictive covenants and non-competition agreements (to protect against the loss of confidential information and other forms of unfair competition).
Our Employment Law Group also represents employees with respect to the negotiation of all forms of employment-related agreements and situations, including those dealing with termination, severance, confidentiality, non-competition and executive compensation. We also counsel individuals on how to change employers without violating restrictive covenants and negotiate the modification of such covenants where possible.