Our team regularly addresses the full range of employee- and workplace-related complaints, including discrimination, harassment, sexual assault, retaliation, health & safety, workplace violence, ADA accommodations, financial mismanagement, fraud, embezzlement, trade secrets misappropriation, violation of non-compete / non-solicit obligations, misuse of company devices and data, self-dealing, regulatory and legal compliance, whistleblowing, OSHA whistleblowing and unfair practices. Our team has assisted publicly and privately held companies of all sizes across a wide array of industries with their investigation needs, including those in the retail, finance, healthcare, agriculture, manufacturing, construction, consulting, non-profit, higher education, tech, and transportation arenas, to name a few. We are able to handle purely local concerns as well as global matters that require the navigation of a panoply of laws.

We recognize that there is no such thing as a “one-size-fits all” approach to investigations, and our team is composed of business-savvy lawyers, effective at crafting an investigative plan and process that best suits the concern at hand and each client’s particular needs. Oftentimes this means that we act as the investigator, interfacing directly with employees and other stakeholders to gather relevant information and illuminate appropriate next steps to address past mistakes and minimize ongoing risk. In other cases, when it is more advantageous to have company personnel serve as the “face” of the investigation, we provide behind-the-scenes advice to help ensure that best practices are being followed and that appropriate action is taken to mitigate any potential liability.

Beyond conducting, overseeing or counseling clients regarding the investigation, we oftentimes advise clients regarding how to respond to unfavorable publicity, appropriate public filings when principal officers or directors make claims or depart as a result of investigations, mandatory or voluntary self-reporting to authorities and/or contractual partners, data preservation obligations and how to act in response to a data security breach and the specter of criminal prosecution of our clients and their officers, board members and employees. We partner in these endeavors with clients at all levels, including the Board of Directors, the C-suite, in-house counsel, compliance personnel, human resources and other key stakeholders, and bring to bear a host of attorneys with employment, labor, corporate governance, data privacy, competitive intelligence, white collar and other particularized experience as needed for each particular client matter.

Beyond our own investigative work, we also work closely with clients who become subject to investigation by relevant federal, state or local government agencies, including EEOC, U.S. Department of Labor, NLRB, OSHA, EPA, U.S. Department of Justice, SEC and state attorneys general. We are well equipped to conduct our own investigations in light of such agency involvement and to interface directly with the agencies, as appropriate, as our clients navigate the agencies’ inquiries.