Employment Law Lawyers and Attorneys

Employment lawyers handle the relationship between workers and employers: discrimination and harassment claims, retaliation, wrongful termination, unpaid wages and overtime, family and medical leave, disability accommodation, non-compete and confidentiality agreements, and severance negotiation.

Many claims must first go through an agency. Discrimination charges generally start at the EEOC or a state fair-employment agency, with deadlines that are short and unforgiving. Wage claims may run through a state labour department or straight to court.

Before you hire

• Ask whether the attorney represents employees, employers, or both. It shapes their perspective and sometimes creates conflicts.
• Preserve evidence early: emails, texts, performance reviews, schedules, pay records. Access to work systems usually disappears on the day of termination.
• Do not sign a severance agreement before it is reviewed. They routinely waive claims worth more than the payment offered.
• Employee-side cases are often taken on contingency or under fee-shifting statutes; employer-side work is hourly.

Workers' compensation covers on-the-job injuries and sits in a separate section of this directory.