Commercial Counseling and Litigation
- Draft agreements
- Negotiate Contracts
- Unfair trade practices and trade secret disputes
- Breach of contract actions
- General advice on corporate policies
- Shareholder disputes
- Intellectual property claims
- Business opportunity compliance, registrations, and dispute resolution
- Act as "outside" general counsel
Employment Law Compliance and Litigation
- Counsel companies regarding employment issues
- Prosecute and defend:
- FLSA (overtime) claims
- Unpaid wage claims and commission disputes
- Age, race, sex, sexual harassment, religion, national origin, and other discrimination claims (at both the administrative and court level)
- Noncompete and trade secrets disputes
- Whistleblower claims
- Common law employment related torts (battery, intentional emotional distress)
- Supervise and conduct internal investigations
- Advise companies on appropriate policies and corporate compliance for employment issues (handbooks, policy implementation, and policy enforcement issues)
- Management and Employee Training
- Employment Agreements
- Non-Compete Agreements
- Privacy in the workplace issues
- Provide guidance on reductions in force (RIFs), plant closing, mass layoff, and litigation regarding such issues
- Severance policies and procedures
- Severance Agreements
- Settlement Agreement
- Sexual harassment training, education and seminars
- Supervisor training, education and related seminars
- Wage and Hour compliance, audits and litigation(FLSA)
- Workplace violence
- Workplace investigations
- Drug and Alcohol Abuse
- Employee discipline, evaluation, demotion, discharge
- Employment Agreements
- Executive Compensation Issues
- Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) compliance
- Federal, state and local administrative charges
- Grievance arbitration
- Hiring and interview procedures
- Independent contractor agreements
- Internet, e-mail and technology policies and employee rights
