Employment Litigation

Our Silicon Valley attorneys assist small businesses and business startup companies in many types of employment litigation and disputes throughout the South Bay, Silicon Valley, and Santa Clara County area, as well as the greater San Francisco Bay Area.

Our lawyers represent primarily but not exclusively employers in employment litigation. This means that we can assist your business if it lays off or terminates employees and then faces claims or litigation alleging wrongful discharge, discrimination, harassment, or breach of employment contract. Our attorneys are experienced and skilled in handling these types of employment litigation claims.

Our attorneys also defend against claims for back wages and similar claims in court and before the California Labor Commissioner.

We assist employers in employment litigation when it involves disputes with executives, founders, or sales people asserting rights relating to stock option or other equity compensation, unpaid commissions, and similar matters.

Our attorneys will file and prosecute employment litigation cases against former founders, senior executives, sales people, or others who walk off with and misuse proprietary trade secret information, as for example by misusing key customer information or otherwise by competing unfairly for the business of your customers. In such cases, our lawyers will help in filing for TRO/injunctive relief and in pursing damage claims on behalf of our business clients.

Conversely, our Silicon Valley lawyers are skilled and experienced at representing founders, executives, and sales people who need to defend against claims or litigation brought by companies against them or when such persons bring employment litigation or other claims against their companies. Such claims can vary widely. Often they involve claims of breach of an employment contract or claims that the founder, executive, or sales person was induced to provide services of significant value to the startup or other business only to be defrauded out of the value that was to have been paid in return.

Our employment lawyers analyze employment claims and litigation and recommend strategies to accomplish client goals.  We represent clients in state and federal courts and in proceedings before state and federal agencies.

If your small business or startup business is faced with such claims, or if you are an individual having potential claims of the type described above against your employer, ask how our attorneys can assist you.