Litigation

Employees have rights. And so do employers. 

Businesses and corporate organizations turn to Lashly & Baer because of our broad range of experience and knowledge in all facets of employment  and labor litigation. These areas include confidentiality, non-competition and non-solicitation agreements. Every day our employment litigation attorneys tackle the legal issues involved with trade secrets, breach of employment agreements, minority shareholder disputes, sales commission disputes, workers' compensation and the defense of state employment tort claims.

Lashly & Baer, P.C. has experienced attorneys to meet the increasing needs in workers' compensation, ADA claims and FMLA benefits. We provide representation that ranges from initial filing through final disposition (includes trial and appeals). Due to the increasing cost of litigation, we have utilized alternative dispute resolutions such as mediation and arbitration. These cost effective solutions have helped obtain favorable results for our clients.

Lashly & Baer also regularly addresses legal issues for employers related to Title VII, Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). We appear before both trial courts and appellate courts and strive to reach claim resolutions through mediation, arbitration and early neutral evaluation.

We regularly handle the following legal issues for our clients:

• Age Discrimination in Employment Act
• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Breach of employment agreements
• Class action litigation
• Civil Rights Acts of 1866 and 1871
• Confidentiality, trade secrets and non-competition agreements (counseling and litigation)
• Constitutional claims in employment discrimination suits
• Contracts for employment restrictions on competition
• Defamation
• Disability discrimination claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Discipline
• Employment discrimination
• Employment-at-will
• Family and Medical Leave Act
• Handicap discrimination
• Interference with contractual relations and alleged violations of public policy
• Invasion of privacy
• Litigation related to employee welfare and retirement benefits
• Litigation under all labor and employment statutes including class actions under Title VII, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), and Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) before both trial courts and appellate courts Resolution of claims through alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
• Pension and welfare plans
• Restrictive covenants
• Retaliation
• Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
• Sexual harassment
• State tort claims such as breach of contract, defamation, tortious interference with business expectancy, and wrongful discharge
• Temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions to enforce non-competition agreements