Practice Areas
Our Services
Comprehensive employment and business law counsel for employers, executives, and organizations navigating complex legal matters.
Employment Counseling
Proactive Legal Guidance
We counsel businesses on compliance with employment-related laws and help build the frameworks that prevent disputes before they arise.
Compliance Counseling
Guidance on laws prohibiting gender, race, age, national origin, and veterans' status discrimination; wage and hour; and leave obligations.
Policy Development
Employee handbooks, employment contracts, independent contractor agreements, non-disclosure, non-competition, and confidential information agreements.
Discipline & Compensation Frameworks
Designing employee discipline, drug and alcohol testing, and compensation structures that protect your organization.
Day-to-Day Guidance
Immediate, practical counsel on navigating employment situations as they arise — before they become litigation.
Supervisor Training
Training supervisors to effectively manage employees, maximize performance, and minimize turnover.
Diversity Management
Developing and implementing diversity management strategies that address inclusion goals while furthering bottom-line business objectives.
Workplace Investigations
Sensitive Investigations
Fred has extensive experience performing workplace investigations, including those involving c-level executives and matters with potential organizational-level impacts.
Executive-Level Investigations
Sensitive investigations involving senior executives handled with discretion and thoroughness.
Compliance Audits
Systematic review of employment practices to identify and remediate compliance gaps before they become liabilities.
Severance & Reorganizations
Developing voluntary and involuntary severance plans and assisting with corporate reorganizations and reductions in force.
Litigation
Courtroom Advocacy
When disputes arise, Fred serves as lead counsel in state and federal courts, bringing more than thirty years of trial experience to every matter.
Employment Discrimination & Retaliation
Lead counsel in discrimination and retaliation trials in state and federal courts, including administrative proceedings before local, state, and federal agencies.
Trade Secret & Restrictive Covenant
Litigating trade secret misappropriation, non-competition, and non-solicitation covenant enforcement matters.
Wage & Hour
Representing employers in wage and hour disputes, including unpaid overtime claims and collective actions.
Business Disputes
Breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, tortious interference, false designation of origin (Lanham Act), and deceptive trade practices.
Collective Bargaining Arbitrations
Representing employers in collective bargaining grievance arbitrations.