Margaret Santen Hanrahan

Ms. Hanrahan has been practicing labor and employment law since 2004 and has counseled and/or assisted clients across the country on a variety of labor and employment litigation matters. This commonly includes defending collective action lawsuits under the FLSA, including independent contractor misclassification actions; conducting comprehensive national wage/hour and wage/payment audits, while counseling companies on limiting their liability under both federal and state wage/hour and wage/payment laws; conducting nation-wide audits of companies’ employment policies and practices for both federal and state law compliance; investigating and defending EEOC charges filed against companies; defending and investigating Title VII, FLSA, ADEA, FMLA, and ADA lawsuits; and drafting employment contracts, policies, and employee handbooks.

Ms. Hanrahan’s practice also focuses extensively on helping clients with independent contractor and outsourcing issues, which often includes drafting independent contractor or other applicable agreements, conducting routine audits to ensure the practice comports with the model, and helping to develop “best practices.” Ms. Hanrahan also defends both single plaintiff and class action misclassification lawsuits on behalf of clients in federal or state courts and before state administrative agencies.

Finally, Ms. Hanrahan assists and counsels companies on traditional labor relations matters, including union campaigns, unfair labor practice litigation, maintaining positive employee relations, and regularly conducts labor audits and supervisor training to help clients maintain a positive work environment.