Partner
CurrentManagement-side labor and employment attorney representing employers of all sizes, including privately and publicly held companies, federal & state government contractors, institutions of higher education, trade associations, other non-profits. Industries served include financial & banking, manufacturing, defense contracting, education, health care, professional services, insurance, construction, technology, retail, real estate, transportation, restaurant and hospitality. Catherine partners with clients to develop creative, practical, business-oriented solutions; she focuses on identifying current and emerging trends to assist clients with managing and preventing emerging risks. Emphasizing strategic thinking and focused solutions, Catherine provides employers with the sophisticated counsel that has become necessary in today’s complex business environment. She appears before federal and state courts & administrative agencies.Employment counseling includes:• Statutory compliance, risk mitigation & resolution of federal, state and local agency audits/claims• Employment discrimination prevention & defense• Affirmative action planning, compliance, audits and enforcement • Wage and hour compliance, DOL audits and litigation• Small, Minority, Women, Veteran owned businesses• OSHA compliance & related issues• Employment issues related to restructurings & reorganizations• Reduction in workforce planning & implementation• Employment, separation, non-competition, non-solicitation, intellectual property protection and other restrictive covenant agreements• Workplace investigations on behalf of employers or as outside neutral• Training• Development of employer “Best Practices” and implementation of preventive processesLabor relations counseling, private and public sectors, includes:• Development of labor strategy• Collective bargaining negotiations• Arbitrations• Unfair labor practices• Union organizing and other union activities
