Our primary objective is to help our clients prevent workplace disputes and avoid costly employment litigation. Where litigation is unavoidable, we help our clients successfully defend employment actions in a highly effective and cost-conscious manner.

Our attorneys have extensive experience litigating all types of employment-related cases, including the defense of discrimination, harassment, wrongful discharge, retaliation, breach of contract, wage and hour, defamation, non-competition, FMLA, ERISA, labor and whistleblower claims. We frequently represent our clients' interests in state and federal courts, before arbitrators and before administrative agencies such as the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the U.S. Department of Labor and state and local agencies.

Being knowledgeable about our clients' businesses also allows us to provide litigation defense in general commercial litigation matters, such as consumer fraud cases, contract disputes and construction litigation.

Our Litigation Process

Led by attorneys with extensive trial experience, we work with our clients to thoroughly evaluate each case and develop an innovative and proactive litigation plan. Our standard litigation process, which we tailor to each client's needs, includes:

• Detailed litigation budgets to help clients project and manage their litigation costs.
• An initial written case evaluation, which outlines our objectives, litigation strategy and risk analysis.
• A comprehensive written discovery plan.
• Constant collaboration with our clients to evaluate their objectives and ensure we are meeting them.
• Use of innovative alternate dispute resolution mechanisms, where appropriate.
• Aggressive use of dispositive motion opportunities.
• An “audit report” at the conclusion of each case that contains suggested preventative steps to reduce future risk.