Burr & Forman’s experienced legal team serves clients with local, national, and international legal needs. With particular industry strengths in the financial institutions, health care and manufacturing sectors, our attorneys draw from a diverse range of backgrounds and experience to serve as trusted business advisors and legal counsel to help clients achieve their goals. Burr & Forman is a Southeast, regional firm with 360 attorneys and 19 offices in Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.
Burr & Forman understands people issues are critical to every business’ success or failure. Legal surprises can affect morale, productivity and, eventually, the bottom line. We work with our clients to prevent or reduce liability and to avoid the morale-sapping conflicts that too often come with labor and employment legal issues.
Burr & Forman has been at the forefront of developments in labor and employment law for more than half a century. Our team represents employers before almost every government agency, as well as in dozens of state and federal courts, including the United States Supreme Court.
Our team handles every area of labor and employment law:
Affirmative action program and OFCCP compliance
EEOC proceedings
Employee benefits
Employer policy advising and training
Employment contracts
Labor relations, including union organizing and collective bargaining
Class, collective and multi-party actions
Compliance issues
Disability management
Immigration
Litigation and jury trials
Management training
Mergers and acquisitions
Non-competition agreements
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) investigations and proceedings