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Elizabeth M. Soveranez

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Elizabeth Soveranez’s labor and employment practice includes counseling employers on a wide range of employment-related issues, including discrimination and harassment laws, non-compete agreements, discipline and discharge decisions, and lay-offs.  As part of that counseling, she has conducted training sessions for management on employment and labor-related subjects, including Title VII and the National Labor Relations Act.  Her practice also includes defending employers facing claims of harassment and discrimination, including claims based on race, national origin, gender, religion and age, the National Labor Relations Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Railway Labor Act and non-compete issues.

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Experience

Ms. Soveranez has represented clients in both state and federal courts, as well as in front of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the National Labor Relations Board, including:

  • Investigating and litigating unfair labor practice charges in front of the National Labor Relations Board;
  • Successfully obtaining a reversal in the Ninth Circuit for an airline industry employer under the Railway Labor Act;
  • Defending employers in both administrative and court proceedings under Title VII, the FMLA, the ADEA, the ADA and the RLA;
  • Assisting employers in combating corporate union campaigns, including training supervisors on lawful methods to interact with employees; implementing training programs for employees to educate them about unions and their employers; and working with management to improve employee morale and become more responsive to employee concerns and issues; and
  • Counseling businesses on non-competition, non-solicitation, non-disclosure, and anti-raiding agreements, as well as defending and prosecuting claims arising out of such agreements.
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