Employment, Labor & Civil Rights Law and Litigation
Jack Nelson Jones Fink Jiles & Gregory, P.A. has long been a preeminent employment and labor law firm. Our attorneys provide advice on a wide range of employment issues to assist our clients in navigating the complex network of employment laws and regulations in a prompt and practical manner.
Concentrating on all aspects of labor, employment and civil rights law, our attorneys have extensive experience in:
- Advising and litigating issues involving Title VII, FMLA, FLSA, ADA, ADEA and the host of other federal and state statutes governing employment practices.
- Employment class action suits.
- Representing management in union campaigns and strikes, collective bargaining agreement negotiations, arbitration and proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board.
- Non-competition agreement litigation and negotiation.
- Workers' compensation matters.
- Development and review of personnel policies and manuals.
- U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Arkansas Department of Workforce Services (previously the Arkansas Employment Security Department) investigations, compliance audits and administrative proceedings.
- Employee privacy issues.
- Human Resources and risk management.
- ERISA denial of benefits matters.
Our firm is a member of the Employers Counsel Network (ECN), a network of highly respected law firms from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Canada, which advise and represent employers regarding workplace issues and disputes.
Employment Publications
Our attorneys have written the Arkansas Employment Law Letter since its inception in 1995. The monthly publication covers cutting edge topics and is specifically tailored to emphasize cases, statutes and regulations governing Arkansas employers. The newsletter is published by M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC in Nashville, Tennessee, which circulates state-specific versions of the newsletter in all 50 states. In addition to writing on specific employment topics in various publications, Jack Nelson Jones Fink Jiles & Gregory, P.A. attorneys have been contributing authors to the leading treatise on employment law-- Schlei & Grossman, Employment Discrimination Law 2d Ed. (1983). Further, the attorneys in our firm are frequent lecturers on the various labor and employment law topics.
Attorneys Practicing Employment, Labor and Civil Rights Law and Litigation:
- Stephen W. Jones
- Gary D. Jiles
- Debby A. Linton
- Tony A. Dicarlo, III
- Mika Shadid Tucker
- Matthew K. Brown