Employment Law
Executive and equity agreements
Offer letters, equity, change-of-control and clawback terms, read the way the company’s lawyers meant them.
The instrument
Know your deadlines
- to file most FEHA claims with the California Civil Rights Department
- 3 years
- to file most federal claims with the EEOC
- 300 days
- for most California wage and hour claims
- 3–4 years
Review to resolution
What a confidential review looks like
Confidential review
You tell us what happened; we date-check every deadline that could apply and tell you plainly whether there is a case, a negotiation, or nothing to pursue. Your employer is not contacted and is never told you called.
Strategy
Evidence, leverage and goals, mapped in writing: what a claim is worth, what a negotiated exit looks like, and what each path costs — including staying put with your rights documented.
Negotiation or claim
Most matters resolve by negotiation — severance, settlement, corrected pay. When they don’t, we file with the CRD, the EEOC or in court, and litigate like we mean it.
Other practice areas
Wrongful termination and retaliation
Terminations that follow a complaint, a leave, or a protected disclosure are rarely coincidences. We reconstruct the timeline.
Discrimination and harassment
FEHA and Title VII claims through the CRD and EEOC, from intake through litigation in state or federal court.
Wage and hour
Misclassification, unpaid overtime, missed breaks and final-pay violations — individually and under PAGA.
Severance and separation
Fixed-fee review of severance and separation terms before you sign, usually within days — and negotiation when the offer is thin.
NDA and non-compete review
California voids most non-competes outright. We tell you which parts of the paperwork actually bind you — and which are posture.