Labor and employment law is nuanced and constantly changing, and we have the strategic approach to match.

Buchalter Nemer attorneys partner closely with clients to provide broad, protective counsel that minimizes risk exposure. Our critical risk management solutions allow clients to focus on managing their businesses while we manage the details of their employment problems. From preemptive advice, and review of procedures and practices, to employer representation in court or before administrative agencies, we have the expertise to protect you.

We work closely with business management to assure workplace compliance and immediate response when conflict arises. We prepare and implement employee handbooks, advise on personnel matters, negotiate employment and severance agreements and defend lawsuits. We also represent Taft-Hartley benefit plans. Our clients vary from closely-held companies to major financial institutions, restaurant chains, manufacturers and retailers and entertainment industry entities, with offices and locations nationwide.

How We Help
We keep a watchful eye out for potential hazards and costly threats to ensure that our clients have the right employment agreements, policies, procedures and plans in place. California has unique labor laws that our attorneys are especially adept at handling and we provide advice and counsel on wide-ranging issues and management concerns.

To keep you up-to-date in a fast-changing legal landscape, our practice group also offers a full range of seminars on matters of labor and employment. We provide ongoing training on a host of topics such as anti-discrimination and harassment, internal investigations and legislative updates, as well as interactive workshops on industry specific issues.

Litigation
When, despite preventative measures and careful negotiation, disputes remain unresolved, we represent our clients through every step of the way – from administrative agencies to state and federal court. Our interdisciplinary approach is ideal for any litigation challenge from defending discrimination, harassment, wage/hour, retaliation and public policy cases, to litigating unfair competition matters, including employee raiding, customer or employee
solicitation and misappropriation of trade secrets and the handling of benefit plan and ERISA issues. Moreover, our attorneys have extensive appellate experience in the California Supreme Court, Courts of Appeal, and Federal appeals courts throughout the United States should a matter enter the appeals stage.

Representative Labor & Employment Services 

Subpractice Group

Entertainment

Restaurant and Hospitality Practice Group

Tax-Exempt Organizations Practice