Employment Law

SPvG's Employment Law Team provides services in the full spectrum of employment matters including counseling on statutory and regulatory compliance, advising human resource professionals on personnel decisions, and defending employers in complex state and federal administrative proceedings and litigation. Our attorneys are equipped to respond to the fast pace and complexity of this field.

Sandberg, Phoenix & von Gontard represents employers exclusively. Our employment law clients include manufacturers, healthcare providers, and companies in the service, retail, banking, consulting, and transportation industries. Our clients range from family-owned businesses to international, publicly-held corporations.

Our expertise allows us to effectively represent employers before state and federal courts and administrative agencies in responding to claims of discrimination, harassment, family and medical leaves, wrongful discharge, wage and hour claims, non-competition/non-solicitation disputes, and trade secrets violations. We are continually advancing and improving our knowledge of the substantive law, administrative regulatory guidelines, and court rules so that our clients have every possible advantage when managing the workforce and responding to claims.

In addition to aggressively defending claims in administrative proceedings and litigation, we help our clients avoid claims by assisting in drafting and implementing employment policies and employee handbooks. We regularly conduct in-house training of our clients' employees on a variety of matters so that HR professionals and company managers understand how to apply their policies and procedures lawfully and efficiently.

OUR TEAM:

Employment Law Litigation Attorneys:

  • John S. Sandberg
  • Kenneth W. Bean
  • Andrew R. Kasnetz
  • Thomas E. Berry, Jr.
  • Bryan P. Cavanaugh
  • Stacie A. Owens

Employment Law Counseling Attorneys:

  • Anthony J. Soukenik
  • Thomas E. Berry, Jr.
  • Bryan P. Cavanaugh
  • Stacie A. Owens

EMPLOYMENT LAW AREAS:

  • Affirmative Action Plans
  • Anti-Harassment Training
  • Business-based Immigration
  • Collective Bargaining Negotiations
  • Discrimination
    • Age
    • Color
    • National Origin
    • Race
    • Sex/Gender
    • Sexual Orientation
    • Workers Compensation
  • Disability Law
  • Discipline and Termination
  • EEO Training
  • Employment Agreements
    • Non-Competition Agreements
    • Non-Solicitation Agreements
  • FMLA
  • Grievance and Arbitration Proceedings
  • NLRB Practice
  • OFCCP Audits/Compliance
  • Plant Closings/Relocation
  • Retaliation
  • Trade Secrets Violations
  • Union Organizing Campaigns
  • Wage and Hour
  • Workplace Violence and Security