Employment Attorneys

Employment law is made up of thousands of federal and state, statutes, administrative regulations, and judicial decisions. Employment attorneys handle all areas of the employer/employee relationship except for the negotiation process covered by labor law and collective bargaining. Working in areas such as Collective Bargaining, Employment Discrimination, Unemployment Compensation, Pensions, Workplace Safety and Worker's Compensation, our employment attorneys have amassed a great deal of experience representing a number of Fortune 500 companies throughout the United States.

Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L. L. P. innovative approach to employment litigation combines early case evaluation and effective motion practice. While most cases handled are resolved favorably by summary judgment, our employment attorneys welcome the opportunity to try cases. We enjoy a winning reputation for our jury trials along as well as our class action work. The early and careful development of case themes is the foundation of the employment practice's remarkable litigation success.

In Chambers USA: America?s Leading Business Lawyers - A Clients? Guide, our employment attorneys? team is ?lauded for both its class action work and its effective advice to employers on federal compliancy issues.? Our innovative solutions echo our hard work, practicality and commitment to diversity in the workplace, while striving to keep our litigation strategies cost-effective and efficient. In fact, our successes in both the courtroom and alternative dispute resolution have led The National Law Journal to name us to its Defense Hot List for ?exemplary, cutting-work on the defense side.?

Part of Shook, Hardy & Bacon?s Employment Litigation & Policy Practice team, our employment attorneys provide comprehensive counsel to corporate employers. With access to the firm?s veteran litigators and extensive technical infrastructure, our employment attorneys benefit from the wealth of experience pertaining to class action issues, expert witness development, electronic discovery, case-management technology, and the best practices of convergence programs. In addition, we have extensive experience representing clients before the entire spectrum of quasi-judicial tribunals, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the U.S. Department of Labor, the National Labor Relations Board, state and local administrative agencies, and in alternative dispute resolution proceedings.

If you have encountered a situation that may require the counsel of employment attorneys, please contact us today. We look forward to working with you.