Individual Employment Litigation

  • Gender and retaliation discrimination jury trial resulting in $13,000,000 in damages to former plant manager.
  • FMLA and age discrimination case tried to verdict awarding $1,000,000 in damages to former county employee.
  • Jury trial of clerical employee’s ADA case resulting in determination of unlawful discrimination, upheld on a appeal.
  • Dozens of complex employment cases litigated to successful resolution.
  • Resolved, following litigation, multiple substantial claims for long-term disability insurance.

Class Actions

  • Defeated numerous motion to dismiss and secured injunctive relief ordering federal government to pay a class of retired VA nurses tens of millions of dollars in past due retirement benefits.
  • Obtained summary judgment in favor of hospital workers after they lost their jobs without notice required under the WARN Act.
  • Secured order reversing dismissal and ordering trial of class action on behalf of retirees whose life insurance was canceled.

Settlements

  • Negotiated multimillion dollar separation agreement on behalf of officer of Fortune 500 company.
  • Represented numerous executives and professionals in favorable settlements and severance negotiations in energy, medical, education, non-profit, and technology sectors.
  • Resolved, prior to and after litigation, numerous cases involving allegations of breach of noncompete agreements and other restrictive covenants.

Administrative Proceedings

  • Secured results for numerous individuals in various agency proceedings, including discrimination and retaliation cases before the EEOC and PHRC; concerted activity cases NLRB, whistle blower cases before OSHA, and adverse personnel actions before MSPB.
  • Successfully represented hundreds of claimants in unemployment compensation referee hearings and proceedings before the unemployment compensation board of review.

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.