Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger counsels clients on general employment issues and practices, compliance with federal and state government regulations, workplace discrimination issues, employee benefits, employment-related taxation, and legislative matters. We represent companies and individuals in employment-related arbitrations, trials, and appellate proceedings, including proceedings under the Railway Labor Act and the National Labor Relations Act. 

We have particular experience assisting non-U.S. companies in employment matters, and are active in counseling clients with respect to emerging employment issues such as drug testing of employees, HIV and AIDS in the workplace, and family leave issues.

Examples of employment-related litigation include:

• We obtained a trial verdict in favor of defendants in federal court in Washington, DC, in a sexual harassment employment discrimination lawsuit brought by former secretary/receptionist against a Pakistani company and its Washington office manager.

• As appointed counsel for an African American Deputy United States Marshall, we obtained a jury trial verdict against the U.S. Marshall’s Service for discriminating against the plaintiff and for engaging in a pattern of discrimination against African American Deputy U.S. Marshals.

• We obtained a trial verdict in favor of the defendant in federal court in Manhattan in an action alleging race and age discrimination and unlawful retaliation brought by an employee terminated from the New York office of non-U.S. airline.

• We defended a domestic air carrier in federal court in an action by a terminated flight attendant for alleged unlawful termination and violation of rights under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act.

• We defended a foreign transportation company in an arbitration and in subsequent litigation involving various employee benefits and contract claims made by a group of workers whose services were leased to our client by a U.S.-based employee leasing company.

• We represented a group of recently-discharged employees from a communications technology firm in a successful claim for post-termination stock option benefits based on an accelerated vesting provision triggered by the acquisition of the firm by another company.