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The employment lawyers at Lagasse Branch Bell + Kinkead provide prompt and practical advice to our clients with the goal of preventing legal problems before they occur. We work closely with our clients to understand their goals, then we partner with them to achieve those goals. Not only do we provide a thorough analysis of legal risks, but we also help balance legal and operational considerations, so our clients can make the best business decisions …

Our employment lawyers provide a highly strategic, result-oriented defense to our clients. We have decades of experience in every phase of employment litigation and we use that experience to develop a litigation strategy that protects and aggressively defends our clients. We routinely represent our employer clients against a wide array of claims, including: Discrimination Harassment Retaliation and whistleblower claims Wrongful termination Disability claims alleging failure to accommodate and failure to engage in the interactive process …

Lagasse Branch Bell + Kinkead’s employment lawyers are experts in all aspects of employment law and are regularly recognized as being among the best in their practice area. We have an excellent track record representing clients in court litigation, on both individual and class action matters, in arbitration, and before state and federal equal employment agencies. Our attorneys also have the experience and depth to provide comprehensive advice and creative solutions in all matters pertaining …

The Lagasse Branch Bell + Kinkead education lawyers help educational institutions, ranging from preschools to graduate schools, prepare for and resolve complicated legal matters. Our education litigation practice provides representation to academic institutions facing a wide variety of claims, including student harassment, retaliation and discrimination claims, contract claims and employment claims. A large part of our education law practice involves counseling schools for the purpose of avoiding litigation. We counsel schools on compliance with various …

The class and complex litigation attorneys at Lagasse Branch Bell + Kinkead are experts in their field. Our attorneys have extensive experience defending businesses in a variety of class, collective, and representative actions brought in state and federal courts. We routinely litigate class claims brought under state and federal wage and hour laws, state and federal employment laws, and representative actions brought under California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). We also have experience litigating class …