We review severance agreements in order to examine the totality of the circumstances surrounding the termination and not just the specific provisions of the Agreement. We analyze carefully your entire employment and termination, because only with knowledge of the facts can we provide truly useful guidance. Such review of all the facts and circumstances surrounding your termination allows us to learn whether there is more for us to consider than what is on paper.  Often the issues go deeper and the employer would like to foreclose any further enquiry.  When you sign a severance agreement, generally you must release any claims you have against your employer. It is therefore very useful to determine whether viable claims exist before you sign the Agreement. Once you sign the document to receive your severance, you are barred from bringing claims later.

It is not uncommon for us to learn, during the free initial consultation and after we listen to you and review any written material you bring in, that the termination arose under circumstances that may involve discrimination in the workplace, such as discrimination based on age, race, color, gender, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy, family status, or a violation of other controlling laws that make available to you certain legal remedies.