We advise businesses on a wide range of corporate matters, including formation, financings, commercial real estate, complex transactions, intellectual property, corporate governance, private equity, securities, mergers and acquisitions.
Practice Area: Labor & Employment
Labor & Employment
We work with and rely on Folger Levin attorneys for the highest-quality labor and employment advice
and expertise, and value our longstanding collaborative relationship.
With expertise and experience in all areas of labor and employment law, Folger Levin offers comprehensive services to meet the legal needs of employers. Our practice embraces employment litigation, preventive counseling, traditional labor law, and employment-related business issues.
As litigators, our attorneys have successfully defended Title VII, wage and hour, ERISA and WARN Act class actions as well as discrimination lawsuits, wrongful termination claims, and claims involving the use of intellectual property and trade secrets by former employees. We have also handled hundreds of charges filed with state, federal and municipal agencies.
Recognizing that our clients are often best served by avoiding litigation altogether, we advise clients on a preventive basis, providing strategic counseling on employment issues and laws, reviewing personnel policies and employee handbooks, conducting seminars and legal audits, planning for reductions in force and layoffs (including WARN compliance), and advising clients on the enforceability of non-competition and nondisclosure agreements.
We are experts in traditional labor law. We assist employers in all aspects of traditional labor-management issues, including union organizing campaigns, contract negotiations, strike planning, grievances and arbitrations, union decertification petitions, and proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board.
Teaming with our business attorneys, we counsel clients on employment-related business issues, including preparing and negotiating employment and independent contractor agreements, non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, employee confidentiality agreements, executive compensation agreements, and stock option and related plans.
Areas of Focus
- State and Federal Court Litigation
- Administrative Proceedings
- Arbitrations
- Collective Bargaining Negotiations
- Preventive Counseling
- Internal Investigations and Audits
- Seminars and Training
- Employment Agreements
Representative Clients
- ASM Global
- Auberge Resorts Collection
- Farallon Capital Management, LLC
- Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts
- The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
- The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
- Hyatt Hotels and Resorts
- Jewish Community Center East Bay
- Ojai Valley Inn
- Rosewood Hotels & Resorts
- Santa Cruz Seaside Company
- The Sea Ranch Association
- Woodside Hotel Group
Our estate planning attorneys provide counsel on issues of estate planning, trust formation, charitable planning and trust and estate administration to individuals, families and private foundations.
With expertise and experience in employment litigation, preventive counseling, and traditional labor law, Folger Levin offers comprehensive services to meet the legal needs of employers.
Folger Levin attorneys help nonprofit organizations navigate the many state and federal legal requirements that are unique to the nonprofit sector.
Our litigation attorneys have extensive trial and appellate experience representing corporate clients and individuals in a wide array of complex commercial disputes.
Schools & Educational Organizations
For decades, our attorneys have represented independent schools and other educational organizations — serving as trusted advisors to boards, heads of school and business officers.
