Labor & Employment
The Labor and Employment Group has expertise in all aspects of management-side employment litigation and labor relations, including both single plaintiff and class action matters. They represent clients nationwide as diverse as publicly held Fortune 500 companies, privately-held entities and public employers. Our attorneys have served as defense counsel in over 300 individual cases and in multiple class-action lawsuits involving Title VII, ADEA, ADA, EPA, FMLA, USERRA, STAA, FLSA, and wrongful termination issues. They provide advice on effective personnel policy development, train employers on issues such as EEO, sexual harassment, and wage and hour compliance, and defend employers against claims based on race, sex, age and other employment matters. The Labor and Employment Group has considerable experience prosecuting and defending matters involving the misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of restrictive covenants, tortious interference with contractual and business relations, and breach of loyalty and fiduciary obligations.