Employment Litigation
Our team has an outstanding record of success in each stage of litigation on behalf of employer clients — across industries and sizes — including in cases alleging discrimination; sex and other harassment and hostile work environment; retaliation and whistleblower violations; failure to accommodate disability and religion; wrongful discharge; noncompete or solicit and other restrictive covenant violations; wage and hour violations; and ERISA violations, among others.
We defend clients in single plaintiff, multiplaintiff, and high-stakes, bet-the-company systemic and class and collective action litigation. Lawyers prioritize clients’ business and legal goals when developing innovative legal strategies for litigation, whether those goals involve aggressive litigation through summary judgment, a jury trial or a favorable, early resolution in lieu of protracted litigation.
How We Help
We represent clients in every aspect of employment litigation, including:
Representative Experience
McGuireWoods’ Employment Litigation Practice Group includes seasoned litigators and trial lawyers with experience in every form of employment claim in state and federal courts and in arbitral forums such as AAA, JAMS and FINRA.
Ranked nationwide and in Virginia, North Carolina, California, Maryland, Illinois, Georgia and Texas for labor and employment.
– Chambers USA
Ranked nationwide for Occupational Health & Safety.
– Chambers USA
Ranked nationwide for labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense.
– The Legal 500 U.S.
