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Employment Agreements and Severance

Your relationship with an employer has a beginning, a middle, and an end, and each stage carries decisions that can affect your career and finances for years. We represent employees across that entire arc: reviewing and negotiating the employment agreement before you sign, advising you on the issues that arise while you are on the job, and guiding you through a separation when the relationship ends. Having counsel who understands the full picture means the advice you get at one stage accounts for what comes next.

This aspect of our representation recognizes the cost, delay, and public scrutiny that litigation can bring. Our aim is to resolve disputes over the terms and conditions of employment, and to negotiate severance, professionally but vigorously, in a way that reduces the likelihood of litigation and gives you the best opportunity for an amicable resolution.

Whatever stage you are facing, the goal is the same: to protect your rights, preserve your leverage, and help you move forward on the strongest possible footing.

Employment Agreement Review

The most important time to understand an employment agreement is before you sign it. The terms you accept at the outset set the boundaries of everything that follows: your compensation and bonus structure, equity and vesting, the scope of any non-compete or non-solicitation covenant, confidentiality and intellectual property obligations, and the fine print governing how and when you can be let go. These provisions are far easier to shape through negotiation before you sign than to undo after a dispute arises. We review offer letters and employment agreements in full, explain in plain language what each provision means for you, and help you negotiate the terms that matter most so you begin the relationship on solid ground.

Separation and Severance

A job ending, whether by your choice or your employer’s, is a pivotal moment, and the decisions you make in those weeks can shape your finances and your career for years to come. We represent employees through every part of the separation process, from reviewing the agreement on the table, to negotiating better terms, to planning a strategic exit before a departure is ever announced.

Severance Agreement Review

Before you sign a severance agreement, you deserve to understand exactly what you are agreeing to. A severance agreement is a binding contract, and in exchange for a payment it typically asks you to give up valuable rights, including the right to bring legal claims against your employer, and may impose ongoing obligations such as non-compete, non-solicitation, non-disparagement, and confidentiality restrictions. We review the agreement in full, explain its terms in plain language, identify what you would be giving up, and tell you candidly whether the offer is fair and where you may have room to improve it.

Severance Negotiation

A first severance offer is rarely an employer’s best and final offer. We negotiate on your behalf to improve the terms that matter most to you: the amount and structure of severance pay, continued health coverage, the treatment of bonuses, commissions, equity, and unvested benefits, a neutral or positive reference, and the narrowing or removal of restrictive covenants. Where you may have legal claims against your employer, we make sure their value is reflected in what you receive in return for any release. Our aim is to secure the strongest possible exit while protecting your future.

Pre-Termination Exit Strategy

The best outcomes are often set in motion before a separation is ever announced. If you see a termination coming, are being managed out, or are weighing whether to leave on your own terms, we help you plan your exit strategically: preserving evidence and potential legal claims, timing key decisions, responding to performance reviews or pretextual criticism, and positioning you to negotiate from strength rather than from surprise. Early counsel can be the difference between an exit that leaves you exposed and one that protects both your rights and your leverage.