Services
Employment Discrimination and Harassment
Overview
When your company is accused of crossing the line of discrimination or harassment, you’ll want experienced counsel representing you. You need lawyers dedicated to the defense of workplace law when you’re facing a claim from a disgruntled former employee, the EEOC, or another government agency.
Fisher Phillips recognizes that laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment continue to expand, and government agencies continue to increase their enforcement activities. This is a dangerous combination. With our assistance, you can minimize your chances of facing a lawsuit while maximizing your chances of success should you get hit with a legal claim.
Defense of Legal Actions
If you are faced with a claim of discrimination, harassment or retaliation brought under Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), or any of the numerous other related federal and state laws, you should feel confident that the law firm you hire to defend your company can offer you the specific attention you deserve. Our lawyers defend such lawsuits in federal and state courts around the country every single day, including large class actions and multi-plaintiff cases. We also respond to individual and systemic discrimination charges brought before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), as well as state civil rights agencies.
Prevention and Compliance
Of course, we also recognize that it is better to avoid having to deal with a legal claim altogether. We proactively partner with you to develop specifically tailored strategies to help minimize the risk of litigation. As part of this effort, we design workplace anti-discrimination and anti-harassment policies, and assist in coordinating internal investigations of harassment and discrimination claims.
Training
It is often to your legal benefit to provide training for your workforce, offering you a valuable affirmative defense should an issue develop at your business. We develop and present training sessions to help reduce your legal risks and to educate your employees, including management training, supervisory training, and training for your entire workforce.
Attorneys
Attorneys
- Nazanin Afshar
- Kevonna Ahmad
- William Altman
- Christopher Alvarez
- Ashby Angell
- Juan Araneda
- Michael Armstrong
- Nate Bailey
- Shayna Balch
- Kelsey Beerer
- Cheryl Behymer
- Clarence Belnavis
- Sarah Bennett
- Theanna Bezney
- Pelatiah Bickford
- Thomas Birchfield
- Ted Boehm
- Suzanne Bogdan
- Alanna Brook
- Amanda Buchan
- Amanda Caldwell
- Colin Calvert
- Christopher Campbell
- Alex Castro
- Jessica Causgrove
- Lyle Chan
- Christopher Chaplin
- Kyley Chelwick
- Tillman Coffey
- Theresa Connolly
- Christopher Conti
- Laurel Cornell
- Andrew Crane
- Kevin Dalton
- Jacqueline Del Villar
- Melissa Dials
- Anthony Dick
- Cynthia Doll
- David Dornak
- Anet Drapalski
- Benjamin Dudek
- Jeffrey Elkrief
- C. Crystal Enekwa
- Scott Fanning
- James Fessenden
- Jason Fischbein
- Ilanit Fischler
- Chad Flores
- Chantell Foley
- Andrew Froman
- Gabriela Fuentes
- Michael R. Galey
- Stephen Gee
- Kari Gibson
- Lauren Goetzl
- Nicole Golob
- Alyssa Graf
- Greg Grisham
- Darcey Groden
- Lori Guner
- Raymond Haley III
- Sarabeth Hall
- Lariza Hebert
- Kevin Hess
- Marilyn Higdon
- JonVieve Hill
- Susan Hiser
- Natalie Horwitz
- James Hux Jr.
- Megan Janes
- Christopher Jevsevar
- Ryan Jones
- Usama Kahf
- Garrett Kamen
- Ariel Kelly
- Mairen Kelly
- Zinnia Khan
- Rebecca King
- David Kresser
- Samuel Lillard
- Emily Litzinger
- Steven Loewengart
- William Brian London
- Darin Mackender
- Holly Mancl
- John Mavros
- Luke McDaniels
- Phillips McWilliams
- Cristina Medina
- Richard Meneghello
- Lydia Middleton
- Michael Mitchell
- Stephen Mitchell
- Curtis Moore
- Danielle Moore
- Catharine Morisset
- William Mosher
- Patrice Nagle
- Kristen Nesbit
- Katarina Niparko
- Lizbeth Ochoa
- Kelly Oki
- Aaron Olsen
- Brett Owens
- Mathew Parker
- James Patrick
- April Perkins
- Regina Petty
- Cheryl Pinarchick
- Ann Margaret Pointer
- Scott Prange
- Stephanie Prewitt
- Erin Price
- Keith Pyburn Jr.
- Mauro Ramirez
- Tyler Rasmussen
- Thomas Rebel
- Annie Herndon Reese
- Hollie Reiminger
- Mark Ricciardi
- Joel Rice
- Ashton Riley
- Michelli Rivera
- Robert Robenalt
- Stephanie Robin
- Christopher Robinson
- Lauren Roseman (Stockunas)
- David Roth
- Andria Ryan
- Haylee Saathoff
- Samantha Saltzman
- Sarina Saluja
- Susan Schaecher
- Margaret Scheele
- Todd Scherwin
- Dana Schwartzenfeld
- Timothy Scott
- Jennifer Scully
- Kevin Simon
- Adam Sloustcher
- Philip Smith
- Boris Sorsher
- John Stapleton
- Heather Steele
- Cathy Stutin
- James Sullivan
- Timothy Tack
- Colleen Tandy
- Drew Tate
- Talar Tavlian
- Jessica Thompson
- Lauren Tompkins
- Megan U'Sellis
- Pavneet Uppal
- Danielle Urban (CIPP/E)
- Shaun Voigt
- Marion Walker
- Megan Walker
- Miranda Watkins
- Kyle Watson
- Ryan Wheeler
- Sheila Willis
- Grant Wills
- Robert Wilson III
- Colette Wolf
- Franklin Wolf
- Brittany Wunderlich
- Harrison Zator
- Raúl Zermeño
Experience
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Speaking Engagements
- California Anti-Harassment Train-the-Trainer Doubleheader9.9.20
- Webinar3.9.18
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Areas Of Concentration
- Affirmative Action Plans and Audits
- Age Discrimination in Employment Act
- Americans with Disabilities Act
- Disability Discrimination
- Equal Employment Opportunity Law
- Fair Housing Claims
- Gender Discrimination
- Harassment in the Workplace
- Mental Health Issues in the Workplace
- Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
- Public Accommodations Discrimination
- Race Discrimination
- Retaliation and Wrongful Termination
- Sex Discrimination
- Sexual Harassment
- Title VII
- Whistleblower Actions
- Wrongful Termination