Settlement Counsel - Employment Claims
In addition to providing traditional employment law
counseling and employment litigation services, Gernazian
Legal Services, LLC also offers the services of “settlement
counsel” in employment cases in order to minimize the
likelihood of incurring unnecessary defense litigation costs
and in maximizing the prospects of a cost-effective
resolution.
Because most employment-related disputes are ordinarily
resolved after the employer has spent a significant amount
of time and resources defending against the claims, an
employer is well served by employing a cost-effective
approach to managing employment conflicts. Employment claims
that arise under the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
are ideal for settlement counsel even where an employer has
regular litigation counsel because the pre-litigation, EEOC
phase of employment disputes offer a unique opportunity for
early case resolution.
By recognizing that the settlement phase of a conflict
constitutes a separate and distinct stage of the conflict,
and by retaining Gernazian Legal Services, LLC before an
employer retains litigation counsel, an employer ensures
that the settlement process will be addressed separately and
distinctly from litigation stage of the conflict.
Significantly, although most cases involve some form of
settlement, even if for “nuisance value,” the settlement
phase can sometimes lead to no monetary payment to a
plaintiff. At times, based on Mr. Gernazian’s credibility
and ability to persuade opposing counsel not to pursue a
frivolous (and thus financially disadvantageous case), Mr.
Gernazian has persuaded opposing counsel to dismiss a case
altogether, resulting in NO payment to a plaintiff.
Thus, by employing Gernazian Legal Services, LLC to serve as
settlement counsel in employment disputes, an employer
ensures that the most cost-effective and desirable approach
is taken to employment claims. If the case is settled, the
employer saves enormous litigation costs and attorney’s
fees. But even if the case does not settle, because Charles
Gernazian is experienced at investigation and in defending
employment disputes in the manner that is performed at large
law firms, the employer still saves fees in having Gernazian
Legal Services handle the initial phase of the dispute at a
considerably less hourly rate than employment counsel
ordinarily charges. Also, because Gernazian Legal Services
provides a comprehensive pre-litigation report to the
employer in cases that do not settle, litigation counsel
will not have to duplicate the pre-litigation work that has
already been performed by settlement counsel.
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