• federal and state employment discrimination laws (age, sex, sexual and racial harassment, race, national origin, disability, and retaliation)
• wage and hour laws
• general employee relations and disciplinary matters
• employee manuals
• arbitration agreements
• employment and independent contractor agreements
• confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements
• covenants not to compete
• executive severance
• reductions in force (downsizing)
• employment torts
• the Family and Medical Leave Act
• whistleblower law, including Sarbanes-Oxley
• health and safety issues, including drug testing
• ERISA matters, including benefit accrual requirements, welfare plans, and fiduciary liability
• labor dispute resolution

What sets us apart?

Our Experience: Constantine Cannon's employment lawyers have extensive experience before administrative agencies (including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Labor Department), and in the federal and state courts at all levels, including the United States Supreme Court. We have successfully litigated through jury and bench trials both class action and individual employment matters, and have negotiated numerous settlements. We also have arbitrated and mediated all types of employment disputes.

We Listen and Understand Your Issues: Our lawyers pay attention to the facts, and perform the necessary investigation to fully comprehend the issues involved. We explain the law and how it applies in an understandable way, and give you confidence that your legal problems can be solved in a cost-effective manner. We treat you courteously and professionally, and always respond in a timely manner.

We customize the provision of legal services in a particular case to fit the client's needs, utilizing litigation strategies, case outlines, case budgets, pre-litigation memoranda, and task lists at the earliest possible stages of litigation. Our experience allows us to expand and contract the scope of the legal team's work, depending on the flow of litigation and the needs of the case.

Conflict-Free Advice: Through counseling, training, and workplace investigations, our lawyers can often help companies deal with employee issues before they reach the point of a lawsuit. We work independently as well as with in-house counsel and existing outside counsel to effectively and efficiently resolve legal problems.

For further information, please contact Raymond C. Fay (202.204.3507, rfay@constantinecannon.com).