• represented
and successfully defended the employer, the largest minority–owned fast-food
franchisor in the nation, in a widely publicized claim of employment
discrimination based upon an alleged failure to accommodate religion brought
by the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in the United
States District Court for the District of Maryland;
• represented and
successfully defended the employer corporation, a multi-state operator of
restaurants, and its owner, against claims brought by management employees
for alleged breaches of employment contracts in Superior Court for Fulton
County, Georgia, culminating in the voluntary dismissal by all Plaintiffs of
all claims on the first day of trial;
• represented and
successfully defended the employer corporation, successor corporation, and
owner against claims brought by terminated corporate officer for breach of
employment contract and failure to deliver alleged employment incentives in
the United States District Court for the District of Maryland;
• represented
and successfully defended employer, a Maryland corporation, a multi-state
government contractor of the United States Immigration and Naturalization
Service, against claims for employment discrimination and retaliatory
discharge, in the Superior Court for Orange County, California;
• developed
strategy and directed defense, through local counsel, of Maryland
corporation, a multi-state government contractor of the United States
Immigration and Naturalization Service, against multiple California wage and
hour complaints brought by past and present employees alleging employer
violations of California wage and hour regulations, culminating in
determination by California Labor Commissioner of employer compliance with
California
law; and,
• represented and
successfully defended, through various dispute resolution techniques,
multi-state corporation, against numerous claims brought by multiple former
employees of corporation in Maryland and Michigan for alleged wrongful
termination and breaches of employment contracts, resulting in decisions by
employees and their respective counsel to refrain from filing formal
complaints and to cease pursuit of such claims. |