Employment counsel for fast growing teams

We help employers hire, manage and part ways with people in a way that is fair, documented and defensible if it is ever questioned. Employment problems rarely start with a lawsuit. They start with an offer letter that promised too much, a contractor who is really an employee, or a termination that happened on a Friday afternoon without a paper trail. We work upstream of those moments so they do not turn into claims.

• Offer letters and restrictive covenants
• Handbooks and policy reviews
• Classification and wage-hour audits

When a difficult situation is already underway, we coach managers through the conversation, review the documentation before a decision is final, and prepare separation terms that close the matter cleanly. Read our notes for owners for more on how we think about this work.

Approach

Our employment advice is practical first. We will tell you what the law requires, what a careful employer does, and where the two differ, so you can make an informed call instead of a nervous one.

Most employment claims are decided by the paperwork written before anyone was upset.

If you are planning a hire, a restructuring or a difficult exit, call before the decision is announced. Early advice costs less and protects more.