Negotiating and Drafting Enforceable Employment Agreements in California

In this webinar, our expert faculty will teach you the basics of negotiating and drafting enforceable employment agreements in California – from how the provisions of an agreement fit together, to the fundamental negotiating and drafting principles common to all employment agreements, including defining the terms and conditions of employment, the circumstances in which employment will be terminated, protecting employer’s intellectual property and trade secrets from unfair competition, and defining the forum and mechanism for resolving employment disputes.   You will gain an understanding of why and where the tough issues usually arise during the drafting phase, as well as what you can do to effectively, and creatively, solve those issues.  Plus, you will obtain perspectives from defense and plaintiff counsel on how to draft contracts with enforcement in mind, and learn about common ethical issues related thereto.  This webinar is essential for practitioners and in-house counsel who negotiate and draft employment agreements.

Faculty:
Jessica Juarez is a Partner with Albert G. Stoll, Jr., where she focuses her practice on employment law.   Ms. Juarez represents and counsels employees in all areas of employment law, including severance negotiation, representing employees in wage and hour, sexual harassment, misclassification, wrongful termination, discrimination, retaliation, breach of employment contract and whistleblowing cases.

Ms. Juarez has litigated and successfully settled numerous wage and hour, individual, multi-plaintiff and class action cases, involving the misclassification of employees as exempt or as independent contractors, the failure to provide rest breaks and meal periods, PAGA claims, travel time, and off the clock work.

Ron S. Brand focuses his practice at Jackson DeMarco Tidus Peckenpaugh on providing legal advice, guidance, and representation to employers in all aspects of labor and employment law, including defense against Federal and State-based wrongful termination, retaliation, harassment, discrimination, wage and hour, whistleblower, defamation, breach of contract, fraudulent inducement, and other similar claims brought by current and former employees. He represents employers in both Federal and State courts, and before administrative agencies, including the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Mr. Brand also has substantial experience in business and corporate litigation (including claims for breach of contract and shareholder and partnership disputes), unfair competition litigation (including claims for breach of fiduciary duty and loyalty and claims of intentional interference with actual and prospective economic advantage), and trade secrets litigation (including claims of misappropriation of trade secrets).

MCLE: 1.5 Hrs of California MCLE