Employment

Representing executives and employees.

Hinkson Law, LLC represents executives and professionals in employment agreement, equity, and severance negotiations, and employees facing sexual harassment or retaliation, where a career and a reputation are both on the line. The firm also advises select employers on employment agreements, restrictive covenants, workplace investigations, and EEOC charges.

Who We Represent:

  • Executives, superintendents, and senior professionals negotiating, renewing, or protecting their employment contracts

  • Employees and executives who have been offered a severance agreement or are negotiating an exit

  • Employees facing sexual harassment or a hostile work environment

  • Executives, partners, and professionals who are the subject of an internal investigation

  • Employees terminated or disciplined after reporting misconduct, taking medical leave, or raising a complaint

  • Employees bound by non-competes and other restrictive covenants that limit where they can work next

  • Workers owed unpaid wages or overtime, or misclassified as exempt or as independent contractors

  • Workers denied a reasonable accommodation, or retaliated against for requesting one

What We Handle:

  • Executive employment agreements, equity, and severance negotiations, including bonus, change-in-control, and clawback terms

  • Executive and superintendent contract advice, including termination provisions and board relations

  • Sexual harassment and hostile work environment claims

  • Representation of employees who are the subject of a workplace investigation, from the first interview through the outcome

  • Defense against non-compete, non-solicit, and trade secret claims

  • Whistleblower and protected activity claims

  • Claims under Title VII, the ADA, the ADEA, the FMLA, the FLSA, Section 1981, and applicable state law, including EEOC charges

  • Crisis representation when an employment matter draws press or public attention, through the firm's Crisis Law PR practice

Why Clients Hire Us for Employment Work:

Most employment problems can be resolved before they become lawsuits, and the best outcomes usually come from acting early. I have prosecuted cases, and I have worked alongside the lawyers who defend employers. I know how companies build a defense, what their counsel is likely to argue, and where a record tends to be weaker than it looks. When a matter threatens to become public, I handle the legal and reputational sides together. Clients get that perspective from the first conversation.

For Employers:

Hinkson Law, LLC advises select employers on executive and employment agreements, restrictive covenants, workplace investigations, and EEOC charges. My years as a prosecutor shape that work. Facts are gathered and documented so they hold up if a court, an agency, or the press reviews them later.

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