Employment Litigation & Policy

The SHB Employment Litigation & Policy Practice represents a number of Fortune 500 companies throughout the United States. In Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers - A Clients’ Guide, this practice is “lauded for both its class action work and its effective advice to employers on federal compliancy issues.” Distinguished by their cost-effective litigation strategies, SHB attorneys craft innovative solutions that emphasize hard work, practicality, and a commitment to diversity in the workplace. Their successes in both the courtroom and alternative dispute resolution have led The National Law Journal to name SHB to its Defense Hot List for “exemplary, cutting-work on the defense side.”

The SHB Employment Litigation & Policy Practice blurs the lines between traditional litigation services in providing comprehensive counsel to corporate employers. These attorneys focus on early case evaluation, effective motion practice and favorable summary judgment outcomes, as well as jury trials. With access to the firm’s veteran litigators and extensive technical infrastructure, the SHB employment litigation team draws on a 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, this practice has 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.

The firm's employment practice attorneys are known for winning jury trials and class action work. Although most cases handled are resolved favorably by summary judgment, SHB 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.

Practice Area Contact

William C. Martucci 816-559-2196

Related Practice Areas

Business Litigation
Class Actions & Complex Litigation
ERISA Litigation & Employee Benefits
International Litigation & Dispute Resolution

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Recent Accolades

SHB was one of just ten firms nationwide singled out for "exemplary, cutting-edge work on the defense side" by The National Law Journal. The only employment case cited in the Defense Hot List was an age and disability discrimination case tried by SHB.