Employment Litigation and Employer Defense Attorney
Employment Litigation Services
Our Employer Defense Process
At EmployLaw Group, our employment litigators partner with California employers from the very beginning. We start with open discussions to understand their unique circumstances and goals, educating them on available options and potential risks. As experienced employment defense counsel, we provide clear strategy recommendations tailored to your clients’ business.
Our team conducts a thorough preliminary investigation and evaluation to uncover critical evidence; an essential step in strengthening every employer’s defensive positioning. This process continues throughout the case, ensuring our strategies remain aligned with your clients’ best interests. Throughout litigation, clients stay informed and engaged with the knowledge needed to make decisions confidently at every stage.
Our Clients
Our legal system often treats employers as inanimate, faceless entities that are capable of absorbing high-dollar liabilities. At EmployLaw Group we know this viewpoint is divorced from reality; the driving force behind every company is real people. We recognize that business owners, principals, leadership, and management all have personal lives, families, reputations, and real-world obligations on the line. Here, we never lose sight of the impact that litigation has on those areas in our clients’ lives. Recognition of this reality plays a crucial role in our litigation strategy and recommended courses of action. We serve as employer defense counsel for clients across diverse industries in which we are intimately knowledgeable, including among others, nonprofit social services, hospitality, residential care, staffing agencies, agricultural, construction, hospitality, manufacturing, retail, aerospace and others. Our deep industry-specific expertise allows us to assert targeted defenses and seize strategic advantages often missed by opposing counsel or other defense firms.
Our Services.
A solid employer defense doesn’t always mean that trial is the ultimate goal. In fact, it often isn’t. EmployLaw Group’s litigation services often begin as pre-lawsuit claims. Clients call upon us to resolve these claims strategically, before expensive employment litigation begins. When that option is unavailable, or other considerations predominate, we defend our clients aggressively through trial. At times, our representation begins in the middle of pending litigation. The proper selection of litigation counsel is of paramount importance. Not all employment-defense counsel practice equally. When employers learn this truth the hard way, EmployLaw Group steps in seamlessly as their new counsel, or to partner with counsel or client in providing a second opinion or collaborative enhancement to overall defense strategies.
Our Legal Forums of Practice.
As trusted employment litigation attorneys and employer defense counsel, we represent California employers across every forum where workplace claims are asserted. Our attorneys defend businesses in state and federal courts, as well as in private arbitrations and mediations.
In administrative settings, we provide comprehensive employment defense services for employers before the California Employment Development Department, the Department of Industrial Relations (Labor Commissioner / DLSE), the Civil Rights Department, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). We also partner to provide representation to employers in workplace compliance and safety matters involving Cal/OSHA.
Our Areas of Specialty.
We specialize in employment litigation defense for California employers, representing businesses in matters ranging from wage and hour disputes to complex Class Action and PAGA litigation. Our attorneys have obtained multiple full-defense judgments after trial in wage claims. We also defend employers aggressively in cases involving wrongful termination, workplace discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and hostile work environment allegations. Within those areas, we also represent employers in claims involving failure to accommodate, failure to engage in the interactive process,; equal pay disputes,; violations of leave laws, including FMLA, CFRA, and Pregnancy Disability Leave,; as well as whistleblower retaliation. In every case, our focus is on minimizing liability exposure, crafting and building persuasive defenses, and best protecting the interests of business owners and leadership.
