Working With Clients to Stay a Step Ahead – Since 1997

Recent events and the challenges they present has transformed the workplace. Setting clear workplace rules and managing a diverse workplace in multiple locations both in the office and remotely is both challenging and important.

Clear personnel policies with consistent and frequent training are key to an efficient and productive workforce as well as the company’s success. Employees who know what is expected of them have opportunities to advance and to succeed. We offer experienced counsel in personnel management on an on-going basis, prepare personnel policies and partner with clients to address workplace disputes. This minimizes the potential for disputes and their escalation.

In a unionized workplace, there are many forces at work. The union and its members are bound to contracts and have certain rights typically found in union constitutions and bylaws. These set forth the union’s governance. Federal law recognizes workers’ concerted rights to comment on wages and terms and conditions of employment and to look to each other for mutual aid and protection. Collective bargaining agreements set negotiated rules, rights and remedies adjusted through grievance and arbitration.

We have almost a quarter-century of experience representing both labor and management. Our firm represents unions large and small and employers in the private and public sectors in collective bargaining negotiations, grievances and arbitrations, unfair labor charges, union elections and representation in agencies and the courts. We also have represented multi-employer benefit funds. We offer experienced counsel in these labor relations matters.

Litigation is the option of last resort. Lawsuits are unpredictable, protracted, and costly. Sometimes the result does not match the effort or the expense. Settlement of a potentially uncollectible judgment may be the reasonable and preferred course of action. We offer experienced litigation services including experience in complex commercial litigation. We strive to provide innovative strategies that meet both client’s needs and budget. We leverage existing and available technologies and vendors to obtain the best available result under the circumstances.

Hiring an attorney is a personal and thoughtful task. It is prudent to seek out an experienced attorney before the need arises to have the benefit of professional guidance and to anticipate solutions that meet your needs. When you work with our firm, you work directly with an attorney and receive personalized, attentive service.

We offer a complimentary 30-minute phone or video conference to learn about your legal issue and to introduce ourselves to you.  Additional time or subsequent consultations will be billable at our hourly rate.  All fees are payable at the time of the scheduled consultation by cash, money order or check.

If an initial in-person consultation is scheduled, we would appreciate that if you are unable to attend the consultation, please notify us as soon as possible, but no later than 24 hours before the appointment. All conversations during an inquiry or in a consultation are confidential. However, an attorney-client relationship is not formed until a written agreement is offered and signed by you and us. The written agreement will set forth the terms of the attorney-client relationship, the fees and costs’ arrangement, and the scope of work. No agreement will be offered before an in-person, telephonic or video conference has been concluded.  Because of the uncertainty of facts, circumstances and prevailing law we cannot guarantee any result, or costs for any matter. The information provided on this website is offered for information purposes only and is not intended to offer or suggest any unreasonable expectations.