Are you in the midst of a dispute with or have issues with an employee at your business or corporation?  The Watkins Firm has more than four decades of experience defending employers in disputes with employees, PAGA actions, investigations by the Labor Board or lawsuits by plaintiff’s attorneys.    Labor disputes over work responsibilities and effectiveness can also arise between co-owners or members in an LLC or shareholders in a corporation.  The moment any California employer becomes aware of a potential dispute with an employee, or suspect a worker is taking efforts to “pad the file” it is important to contact the Watkins Firm for a free consultation at 858-535-1511 and learn about our unique approach to disputes and litigation and our ability to resolve these disputes quickly and in a cost-effective manner.

Employer defense attorneys must possess a high level of legal skill and experience here in California.  Our decades of litigation and dispute resolution work here in San Diego and throughout California provides extensive insight into the complex factors associated with these disputes.  We represent employers in any employment-related dispute, wage and hour action, or PAGA lawsuit.  We must protect our client’s intellectual property and trade secrets and ensure that any effort to take internal IP and secrets and sell them or compete against your company can be immediately stopped, while we seek appropriate compensation for any trade secret misappropriation or IP use.

Our firm has handled many cases involving every form of allegations against a California employer including, but not limited to sexual harassment, failure to pay minimum wage, paycheck violations, employer retaliation, FMLA violations, and wrongful termination.

Pro-Tip: “Call us, and you describe what’s going on with a certain troubled employee. And we can tell you like skin cancer, oh, that fact scenario doesn’t really fit something that I would go ahead and fight with them or we can say, oh, this one looks bad because of the things they’re complaining about or just the general facts. I would handle it this way. And so you can turn a 20, $30,000 lawsuit situation into empowerment where you can stand your ground or maybe you make some concessions because you got some advice from your lawyer. You need to know when you got to worry about it and when you don’t.

First of all, when an employee thinks about suing their employer, they go to a plaintiff’s lawyer, who is heavily advertising for any worker with a gripe against their employer. And then you’ll start to notice a change in the way they’re talking to you. All of a sudden they start posturing, and you’ll start receiving communications that sound like you’re getting set up. And you might be. And people on your staff will say, this person’s acting different.

Well, if you called us for a free consult, I would run a check to see if anything was filed already, because what I like to do is, if I’m a plaintiff’s lawyer, I’m going to file it and not let you know until I’ve gathered evidence. But if you know that they filed and they’re hoping you won’t be gathering evidence and they’re trying to set you up, you can be gathering evidence yourself before they even serve you. And you could be fixing things, mitigating things before their case gets going and beat them to the punch, so to speak.

And even if there isn’t a lawsuit filed, there’s usually something they can do to make things better or to make them go away altogether. We can tell you if a simple description of how you’re treating this employee sends off bells and whistles to us or sends off nothing.” – Dan Watkins, Founding Partner

Contact a law firm with decades of experience defending San Diego employers in executive disputes and learn how the Watkins Firm can help to make this a successful transition. We invite you to review our podcast Episode 10 – The Importance of a Strong Corporate Attorney as well as the strong recommendations of our clients and contact the Watkins Firm or call 858-535-1511 for a complimentary consultation today.