The firm's employment law lawyers are well trained, extremely knowledgeable about the field and highly experienced in handling any and all issues. Their ongoing involvement with federal, state and local regulators, combined with their high-level leadership roles in many of the nationally recognized employment law groups, helps them keep current on government policy and enforcement priorities, best employment practices and litigation strategies.

In representing employers of all sizes, we’ve achieved a track record of success that has included these activities among many others:

• Negotiating CEO and executive contracts in the association and nonprofit sectors and in the technology, biotechnology, telecommunications, retail and other industries;
• Training a wide variety of clients, from NYSE public companies, large trade associations and nonprofit institutions to small local companies and organizations, on issues such as:
• Beginning and ending employee relationships without legal risk and without litigation;
• Developing sexual harassment prevention policies and procedures which meet the evolving Supreme Court thresholds for employer compliance;
• Recognizing problems under the various laws that regulate the employment relationship, such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act and the other laws, federal and state, that regulate employment
• Teaching supervisors how to deal with difficult employees;
• Conducting wide-ranging employment audits as part of ensuring that our clients are in state-of-the-art compliance with all employment laws;
• Designing and maintaining affirmative action plans for government contract clients and successfully defending them in OFCCP audits;
• Acting as general employment law counsel to a nationwide equipment rental company for the last 15 years, directing all employment-related matters at the corporate headquarters in California and in the 17 states in which it does business. Our attorneys have successfully handled a long list of discrimination claims, including those arising from acquisitions, restructuring or layoffs, and have been responsible for all federal and local administrative claims and for the supervision of all local litigation;
• Investigating complex sexual harassment claims brought by individual employees and groups of employees, enabling our clients to resolve potentially explosive situations or position themselves properly for litigation;
• Successfully representing employers in federal court litigation involving sex, race, national origin and disability discrimination claims, achieving summary judgment in every case not settled at an early stage;
• Handling all employment issues in telecommunication company spin-off and subsequent $40+ million technology sale to NYSE company;
• Successfully defending companies across industries in litigation involving post-employment competition in violation of employee agreements;
• Acting as general employment law counsel to regional manufacturing company for more than 15 years, handling all employment-related matters arising at the corporate headquarters in Maryland and in the dozen states in which they operate retail outlets. We have successfully defended the client against a large number of discrimination claims, including those arising from acquisitions, restructuring or layoffs. Our attorneys are also responsible for handling all federal and local administrative claims and supervising all local litigation.

Employment Law E-Alerts

E-Alert March 1, 2004 - Arbitration Agreements
E-Alert April 4, 2004 - Retaliation Claims
E-Alert April 20, 2004 - New "White-Collar" Regulations Released
E-Alert May 14, 2004 - Congress questions "White-Collar" Regulations
E-Alert June 14, 2004 - Non-Compete Agreements
E-Alert August 23, 2004 - FLSA Regulations to Take Effect
E-Alert January 1, 2005 - "At-Will" Employment
E-Alert March 5, 2005 - Employment Law Round-Up
E-Alert March 31, 2005 - New Age Discrimination Claim
E-Alert May 24, 2005 - Compliance for Young Employees
E-Alert June 30, 2005 - Update from the FMLA Front
E-Alert August 2, 2005 - FMLA: The Plot Thickens
E-Alert September 8, 2005 - Are Your “Good Faith” Efforts Enough to Avoid Punitive Damages?
E-Alert October 12, 2005 - Invitation to Employment Law Seminar (Brochure in PDF)