I cater to smaller employers with a focus on preventing, managing and resolving workplace legal issues. In short, I am your HR Counsel On-Call.

Let's face it: win, lose or draw, employment litigation is expensive. Hiring a lawyer to handle a lawsuit involving an employee, another employer, or dealing with government investigations hits your bank account directly, regardless of outcome. If you are a smaller company, the impact of lost productivity associated with having valued employees tied up responding to legal actions or losing talent to competitors can seriously impact your company's bottom line. In this economy, you simply cannot risk having otherwise manageable human capital issues blow up into costly legal proceedings.  There is a reason why large companies have dedicated HR departments and keep high priced law firms on retainer.

Unfortunately, smaller companies often cannot afford a dedicated HR department or to retain a high priced law firm. Nor can you afford significant attorney fees and lost productivity associated with workplace litigation and government interference. You know better than anyone that these problems are particularly unwelcomed in our present troubled economic times. The solution is HR Counsel On-Call.

Employment law is truly an area where an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. The reality is that, contrary to popular perception, employment laws tend to be applied by courts in a manner that, more often than not, favors employers. However, to maximize this advantage, you, the employer, must understand how courts interpret and apply these laws and you must plan accordingly - before your company is caught up in litigation.

Through education, training, counseling, auditing and prompt remedial action, as your HR Counsel On-Call I can help position your company to anticipate, prevent and discourage workplace issues from arising and, where necessary, help you manage and resolve those that do. Because of the rounded nature of my employment law practice, I can offer you HR Counsel On-Call services at affordable rates tailored to your company. And, because I personally provide HR Counsel On-Call services to my clients, you will never deal with associate attorneys or staff members - you will always communicate directly with me.

A word about government audits and investigations. Few things concern smaller business owners like a letter from a government agency announcing an audit or investigation into workplace practices. With my experience as a former investigator with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the U.S. Department of Labor, I understand government workplace investigations, I understand how to respond to them, and I understand what resolves them. As your HR Counsel On-Call, you get the benefit of my experience when you need it at realistically affordable rates.

Here are some of the HR Counsel On-Call services I offer:

• Best Employment Practices, Policies & Procedures
• Internal Audits & Workplace Investigations 
• Avoiding, Managing & Defending Discrimination Claims
  • Age
  • Gender
  • Disability
  • Race
  • Religion
  • National Origin
  • Veterans Status (USERRA)
• Avoiding, Managing & Defending Sexual Harassment Claims
• Avoiding, Managing & Defending Whistleblower Retaliation Claims
• Avoiding, Managing & Defending Unlawful Retaliation Claims
• Avoiding, Managing & Defending Workers' Compensation Retaliation Claims
• Avoiding, Managing & Defending Wage Claims
• Implementing, Managing & Defending Reductions-in-Force & Furloughs
• Managing Famly Medical Leave Act & other Employee Benefit Issues
• Non-Competes, Non-Disclosures, Confidentiality & Trade Secrets Issues 
• Employment & Executive Contract Drafting & Negotiation
• Separation & Severance Negotiation
• Disputing Unemployment Compensation Claims
• Representation at Mediations & Arbitrations 
• Responding to Government Investigations & Audits
• Assisting Government Contractors with AAP Compliance Issues
• Contract or Temporary Worker Agreements & Liability Issues
• Immigration Employment Issues
  • I-9 Compliance & E-VERIFY
  • Work Visas
  • Avoiding the I-9 Verification-National Origin Discrimination Trap

HR Counsel On-Call - Experience you can trust, Service you can afford