ALTERNATE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

MEDITAION & ARBITRATION

 

Alternative dispute resolution involves methods and procedures of resolving disputes outside the public, civil trial court system. Additionally, it involves preliminary methods of resolving disputes which are currently in litigation. 

 

The firm's founding partner, Richard A. Herman, provides counsel to individuals, companies, and other attorneys in the following areas: 1) preparation and planning for mediation and arbitration proceedings, 2) acts as mediator in commercial, employment matters, real estate, and probate, and 3) designs efficient and effective dispute resolution processes. 

 

 

 

EMPLOYMENT LAW

EMPLOYEE/EMPLOYER RELATION

 

Employment law mediates the relationship between employees, employers, trade unions and the government. Employment law, as compared to labor law, deals with the relationship between the employee and the employee's union and/or employer. 1) termination and separation agreements, 2) wrongful termination, 3) employment discrimination.

The firm represents clients in conncetion with the following matters: 

In addition, the firm represents employers/employees in various matters of these types in alternative dispute processes and litigation. 

 

Employment standards are social norms (in some cases also technical standards) for the minimum socially acceptable conditions under which employees or contractors are allowed to work. Government agencies (such as the former U.S. Employment Standards Administration) enforce labor law (legislative, regulatory, or judicial).