Avoiding or minimizing the risk of litigation is a top priority. However, when the inevitability of litigation occurs, the attorneys of Polsinelli’s Employment Litigation practice are ready to defend our clients vigorously to achieve their goals. We are constantly preparing for trial but at the same time exploring alternatives that might help our clients altogether avoid or minimize the risk of litigation. We work with our clients to evaluate the impact a dispute may have on their businesses, as well as how various resolutions might affect their culture, operations, and future success.

Our attorneys defend clients before administrative agencies and in trials, mediations, arbitrations, and appeals of lawsuits arising over virtually every conceivable employment-related action including age, religion, gender, pregnancy, race, national origin, disability, harassment, wrongful termination, discrimination, retaliation, FMLA and OSHA violations.

Our Employment Litigation practice group has substantial experience representing management in the administrative charge and litigation phase of cases involving:

• Administrative charges
• The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)
• The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
• Class and collective actions
• The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
• The Equal Pay Act (EPA)
• The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
• Wage and hour
• The Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
• Prevailing wage
• Retaliation
• Restrictive covenants
• Sexual and other harassment allegations, including, but not limited to, physical, personal, discriminatory, psychological, third-party, and cyberbullying claims arising under state law.
• Title VII discrimination laws and state or local equivalents
• Whistleblower claims
• Work-related torts
• Wrongful termination

No matter what employment-related disputes our clients may confront, our experienced team of trial attorneys is ready to provide practical guidance to help them achieve the best possible results.