We quickly get to the core of the issues, whether it is a legal, factual or human issue, in order to identify and implement strategies for resolving those issues. No matter what the context, we establish rapport with everyone involved, which minimizes costly, frustrating, and unnecessary delays and, in turn, allows those we serve to focus on actively moving their operations and lives forward with great peace of mind and confidence.
Select Management Successes
- Led the legal strategy for a workforce-model transition (200+ employees) at a legacy family business – moving from independent contractors to employees – while navigating family stakeholder resistance and protecting business continuity and growth.
- Established internal dispute resolution system for employer with 2,000+ employees.
- Coordinated recruiting of entire Board of Directors for investment entity with control of more than $1Billion in assets.
- Facilitated recruiting of multiple C-level executives in various businesses in start-up and legacy contexts.
- Assisted start-up marketing/social media venture in establishing human resources best practices, vendor and other key contract templates, employee recruiting, performance management and terminations.
- Defended independent/closely held family construction business in race harassment litigation that threatened to close the business.
- Investigated allegations of financial and other misconduct involving leadership.
- Defended multiple entities, ranging from small to international scope, against various wage/hour, EEO and other alleged employment violations across 50+ industries.
Select Individual/Employees Successes
- Established Legal Self-Help Center for underserved individuals.
- Represented 100+ individual employees in arbitration and litigation involving various disability and wage/hour claims against former employers.
- Counseled numerous individuals in navigating reasonable accommodation, return to work, and ultimately severance negotiations.
- Assisted Chief Revenue Officer in negotiating executive employment contract with new employer, severance agreement with former employer and navigation of restrictive covenant issues.
- Aided publishing executive in navigating a highly publicized termination, severance negotiations and career transition.
- Fended off claims of unfair competition and trade secret theft on behalf of C-level executive in context of claims brought by former employer.
- Assisted school administrator in enforcing contractual terms where the school district board sought to unilaterally and improperly rewrite the employment contract on the eve of administrator’s retirement.
