Donna Kozik
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Luce Forward Hamilton Scripps Law Firm profile for San Diego Metropolitan Magazine 

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"We bring value by seeing past the legal issues to the human issues." - Bill Earley, managing partner 

"We offer practical, real-life business solutions to companies of all sizes - from emerging start-ups to publicly traded corporations." - Bill Earley, managing partner 

Luce, Forward, Hamilton and Scripps, LLP. 

Employees are the lifeblood of any business -- you'd be lost without them. 

But employees mean stress. Consider the personality conflicts, wage issues and intricate labor laws to follow.  

You can relieve yourself of that stress by making the attorneys at Luce, Forward, Hamilton and Scripps, LLP, your go-to employment law specialists.  

Luce Forward provides labor and employment law expertise to hundreds of San Diego businesses, as well as employers around the state and around the nation. 

"We offer practical, real-life business solutions to companies of all sizes, from emerging start-ups to publicly traded corporations," said Bill Earley, partner and labor and employment law specialist. 

"Our primary focus is to keep employers out of trouble in the first place," said Earley.  "If you give us the opportunity to help with a complicated employee issue upfront, we can save you thousands, if not tens of thousands, in backend costs." 

But if situations do escalate, the clients of Luce Forward are well represented in the courtroom. The firm has a wealth of court experience on its side backed by a team of attorneys who are experts in the field.

Businesses depend on Luce Forward to provide continuous and prompt advice on labor and employment law issues. The firm offers a host of litigation services, including:
* wrongful termination cases
* employment discrimination
* affirmative action/federal contractor compliance issues
* union-management relations
* sexual harassment claims
* misappropriation of trade secrets and
* wage/hour matters 

Earley and other Luce Forward attorneys are professionals with a keen idea of the issues employers are facing today. 

"I really enjoy working one-on-one with owners of emerging businesses," said Earley. "I'm a business person myself." 

Earley's business background includes a stint as a night manager with Taco Bell when he was a student at San Diego State University. Now, besides overseeing hundreds of employees at Luce Forward, he's an adjunct professor of employment relations law at SDSU and a member of the San Diego Employer's Advisory Council, SDSU Alumni Association and Aztec Athletic Foundation. 

Most of all, Earley and the other attorneys of Luce Forward are approachable. "We're real people," he said. "We bring value by seeing past the legal issues to the human issues -- it helps diffuse tense situations between employers and employees. 

"But we're still lawyers - we can't help that." 

From class action lawsuits to the intricacies of family leave law, Luce Forward clients consistently describe the firm as attentive and responsive, while still being efficient and effective. 

Whether you count your employees on one hand or with one spreadsheet program, you need credible labor and employment law advice from the experts at Luce, Forward, Hamilton and Scripps, LLP. 

Luce, Forward, Hamilton and Scripps, LLP
600 West Broadway Suite 2600
San Diego CA 92101
(619) 236-1414
www.luce.com 

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Do These Questions Sound Familiar?

Have the following questions crossed your mind? 

* Am I in compliance with all the recent changes in employment labor law?
* How should I handle an escalating situation with a problem employee?
* What are my options when union representatives start talking to my staff members?
* What can I do when someone's on leave, yet there's still a job needing done? 

"Clients are happily surprised to find out that there are legitimate legal strategies to deal with these problems," said Bill Earley, a partner with Luce Forward and a labor and employment law specialist. "They just need to take a series of smart and critical steps to find the most fitting -- and cost-effective -- solutions." 

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