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