Find Lawyers in Arizona, United States for Litigation - Labor and Employment

Ms. Acken focuses her practice in labor and employment law. She has defended numerous companies in gender, race and disability discrimination cases in state and federal court. Ms. Acken also has wide-ranging experience representing both public and private entities in EEOC claims, wage payment/overtime, wrongful termination, Davis-Bacon, and state and federal leave issues. She also currently serves as the Chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Acken was ...

Neil M. Alexander is a shareholder at Littler Mendelson in the Phoenix office and serves as Co-Chair of the Contingent Workforce Practice Group. He is a trial attorney who regularly defends companies against claims involving: Wrongful termination Unfair competition and trade secret violations Non-competition agreements Whistleblower and retaliation Harassment and discrimination Title VII The Age Discrimination in Employment Act The Americans with Disabilities Act The Family and Medical Leave ...

Mr. Balitis counsels private sector clients as well as government agencies, including the Arizona legislature, on a broad range of employment law and labor relations matters. Over his 30 years of practice, he has represented clients in administrative proceedings before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), U.S. Department of Labor, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Arizona Civil Rights Division, Arizona Industrial Commission, Arizona Department of Occupational Safety and He...

Jodi has been representing businesses in avoiding and resolving employment disputes for nearly 20 years. Jodi adeptly counsels clients on a wide array of state and federal employment laws, conducting workplace investigations, performance management issues, and other human resource matters. She advocates for her clients in federal and state courts as well as before administrative agencies, including the Department of Labor, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Arizona Civil Rights Division...

Kent serves as the Managing Partner of Coppersmith Brockelman. He represents employers in a wide variety of employment matters and serves as principal outside employment counsel for a number of employers headquartered or with substantial operations in Arizona. His regular work includes complex employment litigation in state and federal courts and other sorts of employment-related dispute resolution, including arbitrations and administrative proceedings, drafting employment contracts and polic...

Stephanie M. Cerasano is office managing principal of the Phoenix, Arizona, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. She has 25 years of experience practicing exclusively in the area of employment law. A significant portion of her practice involves advising businesses in their day-to-day employment decisions. She also represents employers in federal and state court, as well as before administrative agencies, with particular focus in the areas of disability discrimination, the Family and Medical Leave Act...

Jill focuses on helping businesses of all sizes and in a variety of industries with their employment law needs. She provides practical advice to employers regarding compliance with the many federal and state laws that govern the workplace and regularly provides training for supervisors and human resource professionals. When disputes arise, Jill represents employers before administrative agencies, in arbitration proceedings, and in litigation in federal and state courts regarding a variety of ...

As leader of the Labor and Employment Practice Group in Dickinson Wright’s Phoenix office, Sam Coffman has over 30 years of experience counseling employers in all areas of employment law, including management and labor practices, hiring, discipline, terminations, terms of employment, and the review and drafting of employment policies, manuals and employee contracts. His strong employment-related litigation background includes representing clients in Title VII claims, breach of contract ...

Mr. Dowell is a Shareholder in the Phoenix office, and represents employers in both the private and public sector in the areas of labor and employment litigation and counseling. He assists employers on a wide variety of employment law matters involving employment discrimination, accommodating disabilities and family leave, sexual harassment, executive employment agreements, wrongful termination, employee training, investigation and discipline issues, workplace torts, personnel policies and ma...

Alan M. Bayless Feldman is the litigation manager of the Phoenix, Arizona, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. He has over 20 years of experience practicing employment and traditional labor law. In the labor relations area, he has defended more than 200 unfair labor practice charges for multiple clients in almost every region of the National Labor Relations Board across the U.S. with the vast majority being withdrawn or dismissed. Alan has in-depth experience providing advice to employers facing uni...

Ms. Freed is the Managing Shareholder of the Phoenix office. Ms. Freed has exclusively practiced management-side labor and employment law throughout her career. Ms. Freed is a skilled and experienced litigator who regularly defends employers against claims of race, gender, disability, and age discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, FMLA claims, and wage and hour violations before federal and state courts and various administrative agencies. In addition to her lit...

Amy J. Gittler is a principal in the Phoenix, Arizona, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. She managed the Phoenix office from its opening in 2007 to 2012. Amy advises, counsels, and defends corporations and business professionals in all aspects of employment, including wrongful termination, sexual harassment, wage and hour, and employment discrimination. Amy is a frequent lecturer in the area of employment law and regularly conducts harassment prevention training programs for businesses. In 1983, A...

Shareholder Susanne ("Susie") Ingold practices in employment law and litigation and regularly advises clients regarding issues of workplace discrimination, employer policies, employee discipline and termination, and compliance with state and federal labor and employment laws. She regularly represents clients before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and in complex litigation matters in state and federal court. As an experienced litigator and trial lawyer, Susie has successfully defen...

Don practices exclusively in the area of employment and labor law. He counsels and represents employers in such matters as employment discrimination and sexual harassment claims, wrongful discharge claims, breach of contract claims, wage and hour disputes, arbitrations, unfair labor practice charges, employee hiring, discipline, and discharge procedures, drug and alcohol testing matters, non-competition disputes, labor relations issues and miscellaneous employment policy matters. Don has been...

Mr. Kastner’s practice is anchored in his belief that there is no substitute for hard work. He approaches all of his cases with that mantra in mind. Based in Tucson, Kastner is a trial attorney whose practice extends throughout Arizona and encompasses insurance defense, insurance coverage, premises liability, municipal liability, catastrophic injury and wrongful death, commercial liability and professional negligence. Kastner represents insurance carriers in first-party claims. He also ...

Ron Kilgard is a 40-year civil litigation lawyer.Over a long career, he has handled all manner of civil cases, from routine automobile accidents and two-party contract disputes of no interest to anyone but the parties, to multi-million dollar class actions covered in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal . For the last 20 years, Ron has mostly litigated pension plan class actions. Ron helped Keller Rohrback pioneer company stock ERISA litigation in the late 1990s and early 2000s; he ...

For more than 20 years, Mark has represented companies in dealing with a broad range of issues that affect them as employers, from union avoidance campaigns and employment-related litigation to complex cases involving the theft of intellectual property and trade secrets, and litigation under the False Claims Act. Mark’s traditional labor practice is national in scope: he has handled dozens of campaigns against union organizing efforts across the country. Because the key to employer succ...

Jim Mackie represents employers in all aspects of employment law, including state and federal employment discrimination claims, sexual harassment claims, wrongful discharge, retaliation, restrictive covenants, and failure to pay claims. While regularly providing advice to employer clients on a wide variety of employment matters and litigation avoidance, Mr. Mackie’s practice emphasizes litigation and appellate practice in state and federal courts, and practice before administrative agen...

Mr. Mason counsels employers and management on all aspects of labor and employment law, including collective bargaining and union organizing; restrictive covenants; employment discrimination; sexual harassment; whistleblowing; retaliation; wrongful termination; personnel policies; reductions in force; trade secrets; duty of loyalty; drug and alcohol testing; and other state and federal laws, rules, and regulations. He is also an experienced litigator, representing clients in Arizona, federal,...

Ms. Miller represents management in all facets of labor and employment law and civil rights, including wage and hour law, employment discrimination law, wrongful termination, executive employment contracts, trade secrets/non-compete agreements, sexual harassment, drug and alcohol testing, and personnel policies and manuals. She also provides counseling to employers on litigation avoidance by concentrating on preventive measures and designing strategies to ensure compliance with state and fede...

Mark Ogden has litigated more than 500 employment lawsuits to conclusion, mostly in federal court, and has litigated 23 jury trials to verdict. Among his notable litigation successes are cases involving: Discrimination on the basis of religion, age, and disability Breach of contract issues Whistleblower claims He also provides employment training to employers of all sizes and regularly speaks on a variety of topics before a wide range of professional organizations. Mark is co-chair of the fir...

Mike is a trial lawyer, focusing on the litigation of disputes on behalf of individuals and businesses. With over twenty years of experience, Mike has represented individuals and companies of all sizes with integrity, common sense, and consistent success, earning the trust and loyalty of his clients and the respect of his peers. He has pursued and defended a broad spectrum of disputes, from small to complex, multi-million dollar claims.

Attorney Mick Rusing heads up the firm’s litigation section, which covers virtually every area of civil litigation. A lawyer for over thirty years, Mr. Rusing has tried well over 100 cases in federal and state courts in diverse areas such as breach of fiduciary duty, contract, ERISA, employment, environmental, insurance bad faith, insurance coverage, legal malpractice, medical malpractice, patent infringement, products liability, securities, trusts and estates, will contests, and wrongf...

Nonnie partners with employers and managers in three primary ways: litigation avoidance through counseling and training; investigations and resolutions when issues arise; and litigating complex and challenging cases to defend employer’s actions. Nonnie advises and counsels private and public employers in all aspects of employment law. Nonnie regularly partners with clients to plan and implement reductions in force, severance plans and agreements, and pre-litigation disciplinary matters....

Ashley focuses her practice in the area of litigation. While in law school, Ashley interned for one summer at Gallagher & Kennedy, where she was able to acquaint herself with many aspects of the firm’s practice including, researching and drafting demand letters, pleadings, and memoranda concerning plaintiff’s personal injury, products liability, premises liability, negligence, commercial litigation, employment litigation, participating in client-counseling meetings, mediation ...

Lori Guner is an associate in the Phoenix office. Lori represents employers in a variety of labor and employment matters. She is experienced in advising clients on general employment issues and drafting employment, independent contractor, and non-compete agreements. Lori earned her J.D. from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law in 2014. While there, she was Senior Research and Development Editor of the Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law. During law school...

Kris Leonhardt is an associate in the firm’s Phoenix office. She focuses her practice on defending employers against a wide range of employment law claims, including disability, race, age, and sexual harassment, retaliation, and unlawful termination of employment. Kris earned her J.D., cum laude, (2008) from Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, where she was a Pedrick Scholarship Recipient, worked for the Arizona Justice Project and participated in ...

Alden chairs the firm’s Employment and Education Law Departments. She assists employees and employers with wage and hour disputes, harassment and discrimination claims, restrictive covenant disputes, whistleblower claims, and federal and state compliance issues. In her education practice, she assists students and educators with residency, tuition, disability accommodation, discrimination and retaliation, disciplinary matters, and tenure and promotion disputes. Alden has substantial expe...