Employment Practices Litigation

The Firm represents private and public employers (including retailers and other employers) in employment-related claims in federal and state courts and at the administrative level in matters involving claimed violations of federal and state employment statutes, including claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act for wrongful termination, disparate promotion and training opportunities, disparate disciplinary measures, and retaliation based on race, religion, sex and disability. Over the years its principal has also handled cases asserted under the ADA, the FMLA, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the ADEA, COBRA, the FLSA and state wage and hour laws. The Firm also represents businesses and their officers, directors and management in cases involving claimed breaches of employment contracts and related business torts.