For more information about our labor and employment practice, please contact Peter Healey, Tom Patton, or Richard Gordin.
Led by partner Peter Healey, an attorney with over 25 years experience as a specialist in the field, and by Thomas Earl Patton, an exceptionally seasoned counselor and litigator, our firm maintains an extensive labor and employment practice. Our attorneys regularly counsel and advise numerous employers in public, private, and nonprofit organizations on all aspects of labor and employment relations. We provide advice that is preventive in nature, intended to minimize or eliminate the employer's exposure to liability and costly litigation. We are highly experienced in dealing with issues concerning wrongful termination, “whistleblowers,” worker compensation, employment discrimination (Title VII of the Civil Rights, Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act), wage and hour issues, employee benefits, Occupational Health and Safety Act (OSHA), and matters arising under the National Labor Relations Act and related statutes. We draft and review employment policies, employee handbooks, company policies, and assist with specific termination or discipline matters. We have extensive employment experience regarding issues facing high-tech, emerging or international companies. Our attorneys in this practice area draw from backgrounds in corporate, litigation, and securities law. We also provide service for employee benefits and executive compensation plans, executive compensation plans designed to attract and retain top executives, and a variety of benefit plans.