Employment Litigation and Arbitration

We are strategists, not cookie-cutter litigators. In every litigation we defend, we truly partner with our clients to weigh options and balance risks, with an eye toward cost-effectively achieving the employers’ short- and long-term goals – because employment lawsuits impact every aspect of a business.

The increasingly complex landscape of federal, state and local employment laws can be a minefield for employers. With almost 100 employment attorneys admitted in more than two dozen jurisdictions across the country, our team is prepared to address nearly any employment-related issue.

Defended a health plan company in connection with a high‐profile enforcement action filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of a class of former employees accusing the company of religious discrimination and harassment. After a trial of more than three weeks, our team successfully obtained favorable verdicts on the vast majority of the claims.
Represented a large national media company in a matter with alleged claims that ran the gamut from a hostile work environment, age discrimination, sex discrimination and pregnancy discrimination to failure-to-promote claims and retaliation. The case was tried over two weeks in federal court. Ultimately, the jury ruled in favor of our client on all the claims of race discrimination – the most significant claims in the lawsuit.
Obtained a full defense verdict in favor of a Massachusetts employer in federal district court against a former employee who asserted three distinct state law claims, each with three separate subparts, effectively forcing litigation over nine claims. The plaintiff’s claims, which included age discrimination and breach of contract, required the trial testimony of a number of high-level executives. By filing a motion for sanctions relating to the spoliation of evidence, we successfully obtained an adverse jury instruction against the plaintiff for her failure to mitigate her damages.
Were retained by an oilfield services company less than 60 days prior to trial in a suit against two former employees for breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty for violating their noncompete, nondisclosure and non-solicitation obligations in their employment agreements. After reviewing hundreds of thousands of pages of documents, completing discovery, defending depositions, responding to dispositive motions, preparing pretrial materials and arguing at pretrial proceedings, we settled the matter favorably for our client.
Worked successfully with a client and the EEOC to negotiate a settlement in one of the first lawsuits in which the EEOC sought to apply Title VII’s prohibition against sex discrimination to claims of sexual orientation discrimination. The agreement specifically acknowledged the client’s forward-thinking policies and created an unprecedented partnership between the client and the EEOC to develop a training module on LGBTQ workplace issues that the EEOC could provide to employers throughout the United States.