Practice Areas
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Employment, Immigration, Labor and Workers' Compensation
The practice of Johnstone Adams is focused on the representation of management in matters and laws affecting the workforce. The experience of the firm involves day to day advice on employee relations, drafting personnel policies and manuals, employment contracts, including covenants not to compete and confidentiality agreements. The firm has experience in assisting employers through the maze of employment laws and attorneys are experienced in conducting and guiding harassment and other internal investigations and in providing management and employee training on the employment laws. The firm has litigated cases in all areas of employment law, including cases under the National Labor Relations Act, Title VII, the Civil Rights Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, Family and Medical Leave Act and cases alleging various state tort claims. The employment litigation practice has also included breach of contract claims and enforcement of covenants not to compete. Lawyers in the firm have prepared employee benefits plans, including ERISA qualified plans.
Johnstone Adams attorneys have a broad experience in defending workers' compensation claims ranging from obtaining court approval of lump sum settlements to defending claims for permanent total disability benefits. The firm's litigation experience also includes defense of tort claims related to workers' compensation, such as retaliatory discharge claims, co-employee claims and claims for the tort of outrage. Our practice includes counseling employers regarding discipline and termination issues concerning workers' compensation claimants, and developing written workers' compensation policies and procedures for employers designed to allow efficient business operations in a manner that avoids adverse ramifications from the workers' compensation statute, FMLA and ADA.
Our clients include both self-insured employers and workers' compensation insurance carriers. The lawyers in this area work closely with claims adjusters and benefit managers in connection with handling workers' compensation issues that arise prior to litigation.
Attorneys at Johnstone Adams have experience and training in the highly specialized practice area of Immigration Law. The firm regularly advises and represents clients with employment related immigration issues, including the hiring of foreign workers in visa categories such as E, H, J, L, and TN. Additionally, our lawyers assist employers with Form I-9 employment verification and compliance issues, including the use of E-Verify. We successfully represented a corporate client in a Form I-9 audit conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). We regularly advise clients on the development and implementation of employment verification policies and procedures.
We also represent the legal needs of individuals who have family, employment, or other immigration issues.