Top best Labor Lawyers Near me in ZIP 85016

Tyler Allen Law Firm, PLLC offers legal representation in Employment Law, Commercial and Non-commercial Traffic, Estate Planning, Criminal Defense, and Domestic Partnership Planning matters.. Attorney Tyler K. Allen prides himself on providing superior representation and cost-effective solutions to your legal issues.. When you hire Tyler to represent you, you gain the knowledge that that your case is going to be handled by an attorney whom you will work closely with. Open communication is key to effective legal service. You need to feel comfortable speaking with your attorney when you have questions or concerns. When you retain Tyler, you can be confident that you will be empowered with the information you need to make the right decisions.. Attorney Tyler K. Allen was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. Tyler completed his undergraduate degree in Political Science at the University of Utah. There, he founded the Mock Trial team and was a judiciary intern for United States Senator Robert F. Bennett. Prior to attending law school, Tyler worked in Utah Governor John Huntsman's office in communications, campaign finance, and voter outreach.. During law school, Tyler served as a judicial extern for The Honorable Patrick J. Irvine in the Arizona Court of Appeals. He spent time as a law clerk at the Maricopa County Attorney's Office where he worked on juvenile criminal matters. Tyler worked as a law clerk on business litigation matters and participated in Mock Trial.. Admitted: Arizona, U.S. Dt. Ct. of Arizona Law School: Arizona State University College of Law, J.D. Undergraduate: University of Utah, B.S. Political Science, cum laude

Ty Frankel is an Employment Law and Class Action attorney. He represents clients before federal and state courts and agencies in a wide variety of class action and employment law matters and has extensive experience litigating and providing counsel related to wage and hour, equal pay, wrongful discharge, retaliation, discrimination, sexual harassment, hostile work environment, and related claims.. Mr. Frankel’s practice is primarily devoted to wage and hour litigation. He has litigated numerous national, regional, and state-wide class and collective actions on behalf of employees seeking to recover unpaid overtime and minimum wage against businesses of all sizes, ranging from local companies to publicly traded corporations.. Mr. Frankel has navigated his cases through each stage of litigation, including the initial case investigation, filing the complaint, class and collective action certification, engaging in discovery and depositions, dispositive motion practice, pretrial procedures, trial, and appeal.. Mr. Frankel is proud to have represented workers in litigation to recover unpaid wages by challenging corporate practices violating federal and state wage and hour laws.. His experience includes litigation representing:• workers misclassified as independent contractors, independent operators, or independent franchisees who should be receiving benefits as employees, plus minimum wage and overtime, because their work is dependent on and controlled by the company they work for;• workers misclassified as salaried exempt when they should be entitled to overtime because the duties they perform are routine as opposed to managerial in nature;• sales employees whose bonuses and incentive pay should be calculated into their overtime rate;• call center sales employees who spend greater than ten minutes per day loading their systems before they are clocked in;• employees required to perform work duties off-the-clock before, during, and after their scheduled shifts;• employees required to put on and take off personal protective equipment necessary to perform their job without compensation for that time;• workers required to remain on-call and engaged to wait during downtime that they are not paid for;• laborers not paid for drive time after picking up equipment at headquarters and then driving to job sites throughout the day;• workers who have training costs deducted from their paychecks causing their wages to fall below the minimum wage; and• legal assistants and paralegals not paid overtime at time and half their regular rate for hours over forty in a workweek.. Mr. Frankel was included in the 2022, 2023, and 2024 edition of the Best Lawyers®: Ones to Watch in America for his work in Labor and Employment Law.  Mr. Frankel is proud to have been nominated by his peers as a Super Lawyers’ Southwest Rising Star for his litigation work on behalf employees. For years, Mr. Frankel has served as a contributor for the American Bar Association Treatise on the Fair Labor Standards Act, which is the federal law mandating minimum wage and overtime for most workers across the United States. He has also been a contributor to the Arizona Republic regarding a wide array of employment law issues.. Mr. Frankel has experience counseling employers about employment law practices and litigation, including matters involving compensation practices, employment policies, hiring, separation from employment, internal workplace investigations, and discrimination charges.. Mr. Frankel is active in community service. He serves on the Board of the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project, which is the only organization in Arizona that provides pro bono legal services to vulnerable immigrants in detention, many of whom are refugees. He served as President of the Board during implementation of the Trump administration’s family separation policy, which resulted in immigrant children being separated from their parents at the border. During his tenure as President, the organization grew from just under 40 to more than 150 employees because of a significant increase in donations. This growth enabled the organization to better respond to the family separation crisis and provide even more widespread services to immigrant children and adults detained in Arizona. In addition to his time serving on the Board, Mr. Frankel has also provided pro bono legal services on behalf of immigrants and refugees.. Mr. Frankel earned his law degree from Boston College Law School, graduating cum laude. During law school, he was a LEND Fellow at the Boston Children’s Hospital, where he studied legal and public policy concerning children with developmental disabilities. He was also a Student Attorney at the Boston College Immigration and Asylum Project, representing clients before the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service and Immigration Court. Mr. Frankel attended his first year of law school at Loyola University College of Law in New Orleans where he earned positions on the Loyola Law Review and Moot Court Staff, as well as the Legal Excellence Award in Property and Torts.. Mr. Frankel earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Boston College in political science and communications. During his undergraduate education, he was an Immigration Intern in the Senate office of the Honorable Edward M. Kennedy for several years.. Mr. Frankel is admitted to practice in Arizona and Massachusetts.

Stephanie R. Leach has years of extensive experience handling employment law issues and representing clients throughout Arizona and Florida.. Stephanie earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Florida (B.A., cum laude 1998) and her Juris Doctorate at the University of Miami School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude 2001) where she received the Order of the Coif.  While a law student, Stephanie was an editor for the University of Miami Law Review, and tutored fellow law students as a Dean's Fellow.. Before forming Stephanie R. Leach, PLLC, Stephanie served as a law clerk to the Honorable Federico A. Moreno on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida and also for the Honorable Chief Justice Charles E. Jones of the Arizona Supreme Court.  Stephanie also spent years working for large national law firms, representing employers in a wide range of matters.. Stephanie now continues to provide experienced, high quality representation to her clients that she did while practicing at large national law firms, but in a more cost efficient manner.. Stephanie is also actively involved in her community.  She volunteers her time as a Judge Pro Tempore, and works as an adjunct professor at Arizona Summit Law School.

Samuel Randall is an employment, immigration and litigation attorney. He counsels and represents small businesses and public and private sector employees in a broad range of employment and labor law related issues, including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, wage and hour violations, equal pay, employment contracts, employee discipline, restrictive covenants, severance agreements, retirement and disability issues and other employment related matters. Mr. Randall regularly represents clients in state and federal courts, administrative hearings, mediation and arbitration.. Mr. Randall assists a wide range of immigration clients with their business and family based immigration needs including work authorizations, becoming a permanent resident (green card), petition to sponsor family members, becoming a U.S. citizen, asylum applications, provide relief from removal, deportation and detention.. Mr. Randall also has experience in civil litigation, business law, bankruptcy, criminal law, family law, probate, wills and trusts and landlord tenant disputes.

Natalie Virden is an Employment and Labor Law Attorney who has received industry recognition as one of the top 2.5% of attorneys in the state to be named a Super Lawyers’ Rising Star. Natalie has represented employees in various areas of employment law, including wage and hour law, collective and class action lawsuits, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Equal Pay Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act and the National Labor Relations Act. Natalie assists individuals with negotiating and litigating employment contracts, including restrictive covenants. Natalie also advises labor associations and their members on their legal rights and responsibilities.Natalie regularly assists employers with drafting Employee Handbooks, employment agreements and restrictive covenants. Natalie represents employers in litigation, arbitration, mediation and before various administrative agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Ms. Chahbazi advocates on behalf of employees with labor and employment law claims. Ms. Chahbazi has considerable experience litigating employment discrimination and whistleblower lawsuits. She previously worked as an attorney with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission where she litigated numerous cases on behalf of the Commission to obtain relief for victims of employment discrimination. She also worked for a class action law firm in Washington D.C. where she litigated class action, False Claims Act, and whistleblower lawsuits.. Ms. Chahbazi graduated from Harvard Law School and attended U.C. Berkeley as an undergraduate. Prior to beginning her litigation career, she clerked with Chief Justice Dana Fabe at the Alaska Supreme Court and with Judge Lawrence B. Hagel at the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.. Ms. Chahbazi is licensed to practice and litigates cases in Arizona and California.

Melissa L. Shingles represents management in traditional labor law matters. She also represents and counsels clients in all aspects and stages of employment litigation, arbitration, and mediation, including claims based on:. Title VII of the Civil Rights ActThe Americans with Disabilities ActThe Age Discrimination in Employment ActThe Arizona Civil Rights ActThe Family and Medical Leave ActDiscrimination and harassmentRetaliationWrongful dischargeWage and hour class and collective actionsUnfair competition, trade secrets, and restrictive covenants

Megan N. Weides is an attorney in the Phoenix, Arizona Metro Area. She grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana and earned her Bachelors of Arts in Political Science and Spanish from Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne. While in her undergraduate studies, Megan worked at the EEOC and various law firms as a Paralegal gaining valuable knowledge in different areas of law. She continued to work as a Paralegal while earning her Juris Doctor from Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan.. While in law school, Megan received a student license to practice law under the supervision of the law firm she had been working for during the majority of law school. This gave her the ability to argue cases in front of the Michigan Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, Michigan District Court, and Indiana Superior Courts.. After law school, Megan moved to Arizona to practice law and find her calling.  She re-discovered her passion for employment law and saw the need for representation to those who have been wrongfully terminated.  Being a source of comfort to her clients who feel the stress of losing employment is her favorite thing about what she does.

Jonathan is a licensed litigation attorney with more than fifteen years of litigation experience, practicing primarily in the areas of real estate, employment, commercial disputes, and insurance defense and bad faith in all state and federal courts in Arizona. Jonathan holds active licenses in Arizona and California and represents clients in civil and commercial matters throughout both states at both the trial and appellate level.. Jonathan’s clients include businesses, large and small, as well as individuals desiring superior, prompt and effective legal services without the unnecessary hefty price tag that is often standard with larger firms. He founded the firm with the belief that quality, skilled legal representation can be provided to clients at a reasonable rate.  He and the other lawyers at the Dessaules Law Group are actively committed to providing exceptional, individualized service to the firm’s clients, protecting their interests, and achieving their goals promptly and efficiently, regardless whether the case is a complex commercial litigation matter, defense of a “simple” automobile accident, or an adverse possession dispute.. Jonathan is a 1997 graduate of Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law, and received his undergraduate degrees from Rutgers University in 1994.  He previously served as a law clerk for the Honorable Earl H. Carroll of the United States District Court for District of Arizona and presently serves as a pro tem judge on the Maricopa County Superior Court’s civil calendar.  Before forming the Dessaules Law Group, Jon spent several years at one of the country’s largest law firms in its commercial litigation section.. Jonathan is Peer Review Rated AV® PreeminentTM in Martindale-Hubbell. An AV® rating is the highest possible rating available.

Jodi's employment and labor law practice consists of representing employers with regards to litigation, class actions, and human resource matters. Jodi adeptly counsels and advocates for her clients, which are businesses of all sizes.  Her experience both in and out of the courtroom has provided her with unique insights into case strategy, and her practice has made her expertly versed in procedural processes and rules, as well as employment laws and regulations.  Jodi’s dogged determination and responsive style consistently earns client trust and confidence as well as successful results.  Jodi was noted as a Rising Star in the 2012, 2013, and 2014 issues of Super Lawyers.. One concentration within Jodi’s practice has been representing employers in federal and state court, as well as before administrative agencies.  Another significant portion of Jodi’s practice encompasses advising businesses in their day-to-day employment decisions, including leaves of absence and terminations, wage and hour laws, policy manuals, and investigations into employee conduct and complaints regarding discrimination and/or harassment.. Jodi advises clients on all matters relating to employment and labor law, including EEOC, ACRD, NLRB, and Office of Special Counsel charges, ADA, Title VII, FLSA, FMLA, ADEA, and GINA, wrongful discharge and unemployment matters, trade secret, non-compete and confidentiality agreements, and I-9 immigration compliance strategies.. As co-editor of the Arizona Employment Law Letter, Jodi keeps employers abreast of employment law developments and offers employers insight to human resources issues that frequently cross her desk.  Links to most her articles can be found below.

I was born and reared in Los Angeles, Calffornia and have practiced law since 1975-- first in California and then in Arizona for 35 years.  Since 2015, I have practiced law in both California and Arizona.  I began my legal career as a Law Clerk and Field Attorney with Region 21 of the National Labor Relations Board in Los Angeles. As a lawyer, I exclusively practice labor and employment law, representing small to mid-size businesses (40%) and individuals and employee associations (60%).  Over the years, my work has successfully contributed to the development of labor and employment law through precedent-setting court cases. I have also served as a court and privately appointed arbitrator.

I represent and counsel employers regarding all types of labor and employment matters arising under federal and state law, including unfair competition, restrictive covenants, the Legal Arizona Workers Act, the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act, and claims based on Title VII, FMLA, ADA, ADEA, and the Arizona Civil Rights Act. I also draft employer policies and handbooks, conduct employee training, implement workforce audits, and conduct investigations.

I proudly counsel and defend employers in employment law matters, including workplace discrimination, wage and hour compliance, restrictive covenants, contracts drafting, and business torts.. During law school, I served on the Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law, publishing my note on the impact of consumer influence, financial bargaining power, and international compliance mechanisms on working conditions and production expectations in the coffee industry. I also served on the Civil Rights Restoration Clinic and volunteered as a magistrate for the Pima County Teen Court Program.. Education and HonorsUniversity of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law (J.D. 2018)• Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law, Business Editor, published Vol 35.1. Arizona State University (B.A. Justice Studies, cum laude 2011). Bar Admissions - Arizona (2019)

For more than two decades, Paul has represented clients in high-stakes and hotly contested complex and commercial litigation.  Paul has represented plaintiffs and defendants in virtually all types of complex litigation matters, including data privacy and security, product liability, professional liability, insurance coverage, contract, securities fraud, officer and director liability, racketeering, intellectual property, and antitrust cases.  In that role, Paul has acted as lead, assistant, and steering committee counsel in state and national class actions and MDLs in State and Federal courts in Arizona and around the country.. Paul is fluent in effective legal technology for the better and more efficient representation of clients.  He serves on the Firm’s IT and IT Security Committees and heads up the Firm’s data privacy and security team.  Paul is a frequent speaker, author, and commentator on data privacy and security issues.. Paul is currently a member of the Arizona State Bar Civil Practice and Procedure Committee, the State Bar Class Actions and Derivative Suits Committee, and the State Bar Fee Arbitration Committee.  He has also been a Judge Pro Tempore of the Maricopa County Superior Court since 2006 and has served as a court-appointed settlement judge and neutral for dozens of cases.

DAVID T. BARTON has focused his practice on employment law and litigation withspecial emphasis on wage and hour, sexual harassment, age and disability discrimination,drug testing, and healthcare issues. In addition to his work defending employers fromwrongful termination and discrimination claims, David provides advice and counseling toemployers concerning executive compensation and termination, employee counseling andmotivation and the creation and review of employee handbooks, contracts, and policies.When he is not defending employers from claims by employees, David finds time to serve inhis church and loves spending time with his four children, his nine grandchildren, andtravelling with his wife and companion of 38 years. David received his Juris Doctor degree,Magna Cum Laude, from the J. Reuben Clark Law School of Brigham Young University in1992 where he was articles editor of the Brigham Young University Law received his Bachelor of Science degree, Magna Cum Laude, from Brigham YoungUniversity in 1988, graduating as college valedictorian. During his 30-year career, Davidhas worked in the litigation section of the Utah Attorney General’s office (1992-1993) for theemployment law boutique of Johnson & Hatch in Salt Lake City, Utah (1993-1995) and forthe employment law group of Quarles & Brady (1995-2012). In November 2012, David andhis partner Christine Burns started the law firm of BurnsBarton, PLC.

Christine Burns practice includes a broad spectrum of litigation, specifically focusing on labor and employment. She represents employers in all employment areas, with a special emphasis on providing front-end employment solutions, and on defending employers from civil rights, wrongful discharge, and class action litigation. Christine has tried a wide variety of cases before state and federal courts and juries.

An experienced attorney serving clients in Arizona and New York.. I spent my youth in Korea and immigrated to the United States toward the end of my highschool years. This provided me with the opportunity to learn in both cultures and gain invaluable experience working across cultures.. It would be my pleasure to assist with your legal needs.