EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION AND COUNSELING
Clients rely on us to aggressively defend them when faced with employment claims and, where necessary, try employment cases to verdict. We also counsel our clients on how to avoid employment-related litigation.
Our firm frequently is retained to conduct internal investigations on behalf of our clients with respect to complaints of employment discrimination or other alleged wrongful conduct in order to determine if discipline or other remedial action is required.
Because we understand the unique legal, economic and emotional nature of employment cases, we establish and maintain close working relationships with our clients, their insurance carriers and in-house or private counsel. We have successfully defended public and private employers in various state and federal jurisdictions, before administrative bodies and in arbitration against claims involving:
- wrongful termination
- contract disputes
- wage and hour violations
- Family Medical Leave Act
- restrictive covenants
- sexual harassment
- hostile work environment
- discrimination
- Employee Retirement Income Security Act
- employee privacy issues, such as drug testing and search policies
- Americans With Disabilities Act
- state, federal and constitutional “whistleblower” laws.
We are well prepared to try cases that clients “need to try” and have obtained defense verdicts in the vast majority of discrimination cases that have gone to verdict. Nevertheless, we always defend employment cases with an eye toward winning at the summary judgment stage ” where we have had notable successes.
Employment litigation often involves large amounts of electronically stored information (ESI). We are adept in managing and assessing ESI, as well as protecting our clients from spoliation claims.
LCBF also provides training for our clients’ employees, supervisors and managers regarding discrimination and harassment laws and the proper procedures in handling complaints, including reporting, investigating and disciplining, pursuant to the clients’ employee handbooks. We also assist and advise clients in creating employee handbooks and training programs to prevent claims.
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