• NON-COMPETE, NON-SOLICITATION & NONINTERFERENCE LAW. We have extensive experience in the preparation, enforcement and/or defense of Employment Contracts containing non-compete, non-solicitation and other restrictive covenants.  We have represented both employers as well as employees in non-competition disputes, and have encountered a variety of issues in the field of restrictive covenant law. We have experience in pursuing and in opposing applications for Temporary Restraining Orders and Motions for Preliminary Injunctions. Non-compete lawsuits can be more demanding than other types of employment litigation, often occurring within drastically reduced time frames in which parties seek temporary and permanent injunctive relief. Employers strive to protect prized business assets by preventing former employees from joining with competitors, interfering with key customer connections or revealing trade secrets. The risks are equally significant for employees who seek to extricate themselves from onerous restrictions on their future employability. 

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• NEGOTIATION OF COMPLEX SEVERANCE AGREEMENTS. Our firm has successfully negotiated numerous severance agreements on behalf of employers as well as senior-level employees and other key personnel in a variety of industries throughout Michigan. Carefully drafted, comprehensive severance agreements protect employers' interests and/or provide departing employees with the concrete terms to govern their separation. 

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• PHYSICIAN STAFF PRIVILEGES; PHYSICIAN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS. We provide counseling and representation of Physicians with respect to medical staff privileges, including summary suspensions, investigations, peer review and fair hearing procedures. We draft and/or negotiate Physician employment contracts and we represent Physicians in litigation over non-compete issues and other disputes arising out of Physician employment contracts.

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• TRADE SECRETS, CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. This firm has significant expertise in drafting, prosecuting and/or defending Employment Agreements designed to protect trade secrets and/or confidential information from misappropriation and/or unauthorized disclosure. We have also defended senior level personnel and/or other key employees accused of misappropriating trade secrets and/or confidential information.

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• EMPLOYMENT LAW & EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION.  Litigation avoidance is one of our primary goals but when a lawsuit is unavoidable, we strive to defend the interests of all our clients with vigor and creative force.  We have over 35 years of experience handling complex employment-related litigation involving:

      

          Wrongful Discharge;

          EEOC investigations; Discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation;

          FLSA, wage-hour violations; FMLA, ADA, and ADEA;

          Whistleblower claims;

          Defamation claims;

          Employee Right to Know Act violations;

          Interference with contractual relations in the employment context;

          Mediations, arbitrations, jury or bench trials; and appellate litigatio n.

          COVID-19: Emerging Legal Issues; Lingering Questions under state and federal law(s).

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• EMPLOYEE RELATIONS, PERSONNEL POLICIES. We provide practical counseling aimed at resolving sensitive, employee-relations issues. We routinely assist employers with creating and updating "plain English," legally compliant Employee Handbooks and personnel policies designed to meet the specific needs of the client's workforce; we advise employers on a wide range of disciplinary issues in a variety of industries throughout West Michigan.  We have also provided legal representation to senior-level personnel or other key employees facing (among other things) disciplinary and/or other personnel challenges.

  

• WHISTLEBLOWER AND RETALIATION CLAIMS. We have successfully represented both employers and employees in cases arising under the myriad of state and federal laws prohibiting retaliation against whistleblowers as well as anti-discrimination laws that forbid reprisals against employees. laws prohibiting retaliation against whistleblowers as well as anti-discrimination laws that forbid reprisals against employees.