Employment Law

Gesmer Updegrove LLP helps clients face the difficult employment law issues that are present in the high technology industry. We help our clients create a productive workplace, as free of liability risks as possible. We advise clients in the areas of hiring and termination, independent contractor and consulting arrangements, family, medical and disability leaves, and discrimination and harassment training. We help craft and implement employee practice guidelines and policies and help structure executive compensation and benefits.

Our Employment attorneys work closely with our Corporate, Business Formation, Consortium, and Trade Association Practices to ensure effective employment and executive structures for all types of corporate entities, such as partnership, alliance, joint venture, and collaborative consortia arrangements.

On the litigation side of our Employment Practice, we attempt to minimize business disruption and provide practical and efficient solutions. Our Employment attorneys regularly advise on all issues relating to discrimination and harassment claims, hours and wage law violations, wrongful discharge claims, privacy, emotional distress and defamation claims, enforcement of non-competition and nondisclosure agreements, trade secret misappropriation, and more.

We represent our clients in resolving employment law-related disputes before state and federal courts, administrative and civil rights agencies, and in mediation or arbitration.

For more information on our Employment Law and Executive Employment Practice, please contact Joe Laferrera (profile, email).