Greg’s diverse practice cuts across multiple disciplines within the labor & employment law specialty area, but generally can be subdivided into five broad categories:

• Employment Litigation: assisting companies with state & federal court lawsuits involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, interference with leave entitlements, improper wage payment, denial of benefits, breach of contract, and employment torts (e.g., infliction of emotional distress, defamation, quantum meruit, etc.).  Greg has handled dozens of federal court litigation matters over the past 20 years, plus multiple appeals to federal appellate courts.  He even has handled matters before the United States Supreme Court. 

• Traditional Labor: union avoidance, labor arbitrations, collective bargaining, project labor agreements, double-breasted operations, benefit plan contribution disputes, etc., with heavy experience in construction, transportation, logistics, warehousing and manufacturing sectors.

• Business Divorces/Non-Competition Cases: representing companies dealing with the fallout of executive departures, including: enforcement of post-employment restrictive covenants (non-compete, non-solicitation, non-disclosure and non-recruitment clauses); negotiating the value of departing executive’s stake in the business, including fair market valuation disputes; protecting the company’s trade secrets, copyrights and confidential information.

• Franchise/Distributor Disputes:  representing companies in disputes with franchisees and distributors, where claims commonly include wrongful termination of relationship, breach of contract, and unfair business practices, allegedly in violation of federal and state statutes.

• Human Resources Advice:  counseling companies on best practices for responding to agency investigations (EEOC charges, DOL audits, etc.), advising managers on disciplinary matters, minimizing employment-related exposures by properly responding to adversarial employees, formulating severance strategies, training managers on their employment-related obligations, etc.

Industries

Greg’s practices touches a wide array of industries, including: Automotive, Bakery, Banking, Beverage, Biochemical, Construction (residential, commercial, and industrial), Distribution, Education, Energy, Engineering, Food Processing, Food Service, Franchising, Healthcare, Hospitality/Hotels, Industrial Equipment, Insurance, Logistics, Manufacturing, Medical Devices, Medical Practices, Non-profit/Religious, Pharmaceutical, Poultry, Retail, Software, Staffing, Telecommunications, Transportation, Warehousing.