Practice Areas

Employment Counseling

  • Employment advising and counseling on day-to-day issues

  • Drafting, revising, and reviewing:

    • Employment agreements

    • Handbooks

    • Personnel policies

    • Offer letters

    • Commission plans

    • Bonus plans

    • Leave of absence paperwork

    • Disciplinary and termination documents

  • Auditing current employment practices and advising on best practices for issues such as:

    • Personnel files

    • Job postings

    • Classification of employees as exempt vs. non-exempt

    • Wage and hour issues

Litigation

  • Employment litigation on behalf of employers in federal and state courts defending against:

    • Wage and hour claims (such as unpaid wages, unpaid overtime, meal and rest period violations, waiting time penalties)

    • Whistleblower allegations

    • Discrimination, harassment, disability, and failure to engage in the interactive process

    • Wrongful termination claims

  • Representing employers in administrative actions in front of federal and state agencies, including the EEOC, the DFEH, the DOL, the Labor Commissioner/DLSE, the WCAB, and the NLRB

Class Action and PAGA

  • More details coming soon!

Mergers and Acquisitions

  • More details coming soon!

Other Areas

  • Over the years, Roxanne has established an extensive network of attorneys in other states and in other areas of law who can be brought in to advise in complex matters that involve multiple areas of the law or multiple jurisdictions. These include areas such as:

    • Corporate law

    • Tax law

    • Privacy law

    • Employee benefits law