Employers face an increasingly complex legal and regulatory environment where costly mistakes are best avoided by understanding and avoiding the risks. We approach client services with prevention at the forefront, focusing on audits that expose problem areas, the development and implementation of effective policies and practices, as well as comprehensive management training. When disputes arise despite best practices, we vigorously defend management before federal and state agencies, federal and state courts, and in arbitration proceedings.
Leatherwood’s Employment and Labor Group represents management in all aspects of the employment relationship, including:
Discrimination, retaliation and harassment compliance and litigation
Business immigration
Employee benefits design and administration
Privacy compliance
Executive contracts and compensation
Family and Medical Leave Act issues
Americans with Disabilities Act issues
Individual employee and class action suits
Reductions in force and plant closings
Trade secret protection and litigation
Wage and hour compliance and litigation
Whistleblower investigations and lawsuits
Non-Competition agreement preparation and litigation
Workers' compensation
Leatherwood’s clients benefit from our close collaboration with the lawyers practicing in the firm’s other practice areas, including antitrust, construction, tax, real estate, and corporate transactions. Together, we develop creative solutions tailored to unique personnel situations.
For more information, contact Richard McDuff or Peter Rutledge, leaders of Leatherwood's Employment Law & Litigation team.
Employers face an increasingly complex legal and regulatory environment where costly mistakes are best avoided by understanding and avoiding the risks. We approach client services with prevention at the forefront, focusing on audits that expose problem areas, the development and implementation of effective policies and practices, as well as comprehensive management training. When disputes arise despite best practices, we vigorously defend management before federal and state agencies, federal and state courts, and in arbitration proceedings.