Employment Litigation

The Shook Hardy Bacon, L.L.P. Employment Litigation & Policy Practice represents a number of Fortune 500 companies throughout the United States. In the area of employment litigation, we have been praised by our peers for both our class action work and our effective advice to employers on federal compliancy issues.

We not only provide our clients with innovative solutions to their employment litigation issues, we do so in a cost-effective manner. We are passionate about our areas of focus, and our attorney?s emphasize hard work, practicality and a commitment to diversity in the workplace. Our successes in both the courtroom and alternative dispute resolution have led The National Law Journal to name our firm to its ?Defense Hot List? for ?exemplary, cutting-work on the defense side.?

Employment litigation is the focus of the SHB Employment Litigation & Policy Practice. This well-respected team provides comprehensive counsel to corporate employers. We focus on early case evaluation, effective motion practice and favorable summary judgment outcomes, as well as jury trials. We draw upon the experience of our firm?s veteran litigators as well as technical infrastructure. Our team learns from our employment litigation successes in the areas of 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.

Our employment litigation attorneys are known for winning jury trials and our class action work. Although most cases handled are resolved favorably by summary judgment, our lawyers relish opportunities to try cases. The early and careful development of case themes is the foundation of the employment practice's remarkable litigation success.

With more than 100 years of experience, our employment litigation is poised for continued success. Contact us today for your employment litigation needs.