Labor/Employment
Our Expertise
Our team handles the full range of employment issues. We investigate discrimination, harassment, and retaliation allegations, manage responses to agency charges, and build the factual record that supports early case dismissal. We defend wage and hour cases under the Fair Labor Standards Act and state analogs, including collective and class actions, off-the-clock claims, misclassification disputes, and challenges to tip and service charge practices. We advise on accommodations and leave under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act and align medical documentation, performance expectations, and return-to-work plans.
The group protects business assets through well-crafted employment agreements, confidentiality and noncompetition covenants, and prompt injunction practice when trade secrets are at risk. We prepare and update handbooks, codes of conduct, and social media, remote work, and drug and alcohol policies. For government contractors, we design affirmative action plans, guide responses to OFCCP audits, and coordinate with operations on Service Contract Act and Davis-Bacon compliance. In unionized and union-vulnerable settings, we represent employers in collective bargaining, unfair labor practice proceedings, election campaigns, and grievance and arbitration matters.
If litigation becomes unavoidable, we position cases for early resolution through dispositive motions while preparing to try the matter efficiently if needed. Drawing on decades of trial work, teaching in the labor and employment field, and leadership in regional and national bar groups, the team brings tested judgment to high-profile disputes and sensitive internal matters. That perspective informs reductions in force and Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act planning, executive transitions, pay equity reviews, and training for managers and front-line supervisors.
