The Labor & Employment Practice of Foley comprises skilled litigators and nationally recognized attorneys who focus on specific areas of employment law. Our team handles litigation and labor matters skillfully and cost-effectively, from the largest actions to the smallest labor arbitrations.

What Differentiates Foley?

• Industry-specific practices, which allow us to fully understand our clients' businesses and share strategic visions and values
• National “knowledge management” and firmwide work product access, which provides clients with cutting-edge legal services
• Real-time budgeting tools that allow clients to view actual burn rates and critical budget information on any of their matters
• Lean staffing and the use of smaller, specialized legal teams to address client matters more effectively and efficiently

Our Business-Focused, Results-Oriented Approach
Whether you are looking for business-savvy strategies for improving employment practices or vigorous defense of employment-related claims, Foley boasts an experienced team of attorneys that provides compliance counseling and litigation services in the following areas:

• Affirmative action
• Trade secrets protection/Noncompetes
• Labor relations, including union avoidance and collective bargaining
• Discrimination and harassment
• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) processes
• Reductions-in-force
• Class action prevention and defense
• Wage and hour and Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) compliance
• Immigration, Nationality, and Consular Law Services

A Proven Litigation Model
Based upon years of experience partnering with clients on a national, regional, and local basis, our attorneys have developed a Litigation Model that leads to efficient, cost-effective defense of individual plaintiff, multiple plaintiff, and class-action matters. Our Litigation Model includes:

• Litigation risk analysis within 30 days
• Detailed budget within 30 days and monthly updates
• Roadmap within 30 days that outlines how the case will be defended
• Secure extranet providing ongoing, real-time case status and budget updates
• Creative use of alternative dispute resolution
• State-of-the-art, cost-effective discovery and litigation technology
• Litigators with extensive trial experience defending employment claims
• “Lessons learned” report and suggested preventive steps at the end of each case
• Monthly metrics to track our joint success in reducing costs and meeting litigation goals