Barb represents employers inside and outside the courtroom.
She consults proactively with employers regarding workplace issues, such as hiring, discipline and terminations, harassment, discrimination and retaliation, privacy and social media, medical and non-medical leave, reductions in force, executive employment, wage and hour matters, drug testing and cannabis, and employment handbooks, policies and training.
In the circumstances where claims cannot be avoided, she frequently represents employers in agency, state and federal court, and arbitration proceedings related to all aspects of the employment relationship, as well as in proceedings involving non-competition agreements, theft of trade secrets and other business-related claims.
She is often hired to conduct internal workplace investigations on a wide variety of topics. The clients Barb has worked with over her career span across industries include healthcare, senior living, hospitality and resort, food service, light manufacturing, professional and financial services, engineering, transportation, publishing, retail, real estate sales and investment and development, and cannabis.