KNECHT LAW PLC

• NON-COMPETE, NON-SOLICITATION, NONINTERFERENCE LAW

We have extensive experience in the preparation, enforcement and/or defense of non-compete, non-solicitation and other restrictive employment contracts. We have represented both companies and employees in restrictive covenant matters, and have encountered a variety of issues in the field of restrictive covenant law. We have experience in pursuing and in opposing applications for TRO's and motions for preliminary injunctive relief. 

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

• PHYSICIAN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS; PHYSICIAN STAFF PRIVILEGES
  
  Negotiating physician employment contracts; representing physicians in employment contract disputes, including non-compete issues and other disputes arising out of physician employment matters. Representing physicians in fair hearing matters, peer review and incidents potentially impacting a physician's medical staff privileges.
  
   

• EMPLOYMENT LAW & EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION
  
  We have more than 39 years of experience handling complex employment law matters, EEOC investigations and employment litigation involving (among other things) wrongful discharge, sexual harassment and discrimination claims, wage-hour violations, FMLA, ADA, defamation, breach of contract, retaliation, whistleblower and a variety of other employment-related claims in the state and federal courts and administrative tribunals. Litigation avoidance is one of our primary goals in representing clients. But when a lawsuit is unavoidable, we strive to defend the interests of all our clients with vigor and creative force.
  
   

• EMPLOYEE RELATIONS, PERSONNEL POLICIES
  
  We provide practical counseling and legal representation aimed at resolving sensitive, employee-relations issues. We routinely assist employers with creating and updating "plain English," legally compliant, common sense 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 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.