Our Capabilities

• Providing day-to-day HR advice and counsel on a wide range of issues, including EEO policies and practices, background checks, disciplinary action, leaves of absence, reasonable accommodations, and other state and federal statutory and regulatory compliance;
• Defending discrimination, retaliation, harassment, and wage-and-hour claims against employers and management in state and federal courts and administrative agencies;
• Conducting sexual harassment investigations and other internal investigations of director, officer, and employee misconduct;
• Defending government investigations into wage-and-hour compliance, employee misconduct, and officer and director liability, including those initiated by the Kentucky Labor Cabinet, the Department of Labor, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the National Labor Relations Board;
• Drafting and negotiating all manner of workplace-related contracts, including employment contracts, independent contractor agreements, non-compete agreements, arbitration agreements, and severance and separation agreements;
• Prosecuting and defending breach-of-contract claims relating to non-competition and non-solicitation restrictions, confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, and the like; and
• Providing labor-and-employment counsel to buyers and sellers in mergers, acquisitions, and other corporate restructurings, including pre-deal due diligence related to employment contracts, restrictive covenants, deferred compensation plans, HR and employment liabilities, and statutory and regulatory compliance under international, federal, state, and local laws and regulations and post-merger integration.