For many years, we have represented businesses of all sizes in litigation and counseling on labor and employment law issues. We hone our skills through practicing employment and labor law on a daily basis as well as receiving the most up to date recognized Continuing Legal Education seminars and through speaking on employment and labor law issues. We are experienced in all areas of employment and labor law, including the following:

Taylor Law Firm provides its clients, large and small, with counseling and litigation defense. We provide timely advice with respect to human resources issues facing employers. We understand that when human resources issues arise, employers need answers and guidance immediately. Taylor Law Firm prides itself in quickly responding to telephone calls and offering on-site visits at the pleasure of our clients.

Our experienced advice strengthens our clients’ relationships with their employees and associates, and has been proven to prevent unnecessary and costly litigation.

Taylor Law Firm provides legal advice to Human Resources directors, managers and specialists in many areas including the following:

• Sexual Harassment;
• Discipline and/or discharge issues;
• Wage and Hour-state and federal;
• EEOC, ADA, FMLA and OSHA;
• Drug Testing;
• Unemployment Compensation;
• Drafting Employee Handbooks, Policies, etc.;
• Immigration I-9 compliance;
• Compliance audits: Wage and Hour, EEOC, OSHA, ADA, FMLA, Tennessee Drug-Free Workplace Act; Workplace Violence;
• Plant Closing Law (state and federal).

We understand that workers' compensation claims are serious claims and oftentimes can have huge impacts upon employers’ costs of doing business. Taylor Law Firm’s goal is to minimize our clients’ workers' compensation costs and litigation expenses. To achieve such results, we assist our clients in the investigation, litigation defense and resolution of workers' compensation claims. We encourage our clients to aggressively pursue and at times, prosecute fraudulent workers' compensation claims. We feel that employers should not tolerate false or fraudulent workers' compensation claims.

Due to our experience and practice of workers' compensation and employment labor law, we also assist our clients in various issues involving workers' compensation claims intertwined with other employment laws such as FMLA, ADA, Tennessee Drug-Free Workplace program and litigation at trial and appellate levels.

Taylor Law Firm provides training for your management and supervisor employees. An employer’s managers and supervisors are often the first line of defense in avoiding costly and unnecessary employment, labor and workers' compensation claims. Taylor Law Firm’s experience and success in defending employment, labor and workers' compensation related claims at the administrative, state and federal levels provide us with practical experience that we enjoy sharing with our clients in a common sense, easy-to-understand terms with a focus on prevention of unnecessary and costly litigation.

Taylor Law Firm is available to provide your business with training for Managers, Supervisors and Employees in various employment, labor and workers' compensation areas, including but not limited to the following:

• Sexual Harassment;
• Discrimination;
• Documentation;
• Workplace Violence;
• Union Avoidance;
• Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA);
• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA);
• Workers’ Compensation claim avoidance and minimizing cost;
• Tennessee Drug-Free Workplace Act;
• HIPAA;
• I-9 Compliance training;
• Conducting performance evaluations; and
• Preparation for deposition or trial testimony.

Our practice includes business start-ups, including the formation and operation of corporations, limited liability companies (LLCs), partnerships and joint ventures. We also assist clients in the following commercial and business-related areas:

• Contract preparation and review;
• Non-Disclosure and Confidentiality agreements;
• Non-Competition and trade secret agreements and litigation;
• Preparation of corporate documents including Contracts, Board Minutes, and various other agreements.

Taylor Law Firm’s immigration practice includes representation of small, medium and large businesses before the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (formerly INS), the Department of Labor and the Department of State. Such representation includes matters relating to:

• I-9 compliance audits and compliance training;
• Employment-related visas.

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