Wrongful and Retaliatory Termination

Lawless & Lawless - San Francisco Wrongful Termination Attorneys

Wrongful discharge and retaliatory termination claims are the central focus of our work at Lawless & Lawless. Barbara Lawless has been publishing articles and leading professional seminars on wrongful termination for 25 years. Therese Lawless won a San Francisco Trial Lawyer of the Year award based mainly on her achievements in the areas of wrongful discharge and retaliatory termination. If you believe that you have lost your job in retaliation for having asserted a right or reporting an unlawful condition, contact Lawless & Lawless for a free and confidential preliminary evaluation of your case.

Unless you're one of the relatively few people working under a written employment contract, you're very likely what's known as an "employee at will", which means you can be fired for any reason or no reason at all, just as you can resign for any reason or no reason at any time. But you can't be fired for a reason prohibited by law or in violation of public policy.

Examples of prohibited reasons for termination include discrimination on the basis of age, race, sex, or other characteristics that are often addressed in human rights legislation, fair housing laws, and other statutes that aim to protect people from prejudices that formerly justified all kinds of unfair and inhumane treatment.

A claim of retaliation can support a lawsuit in cases where it appears that the employer fired the employee as punishment either for having asserted a protected right - such as the right to report sexual harassment or file a workers' compensation claim - or for having reported a dangerous, unlawful, or corrupt workplace condition or practice - such as reporting fraudulent accounting practices at a business or health code violations in a restaurant.

The wrongful discharge lawyers at Lawless & Lawless have decades of experience in the investigation and proof of employee termination practices that are prohibited under state or federal law. For the careful analysis and painstaking development that your case deserves, contact Lawless & Lawless today.

The San Francisco wrongful termination attorneys at Lawless & Lawless represent employees with claims for unlawful or retaliatory discharge based on filing for worker's compensation, invoking rights under FMLA or CFRA, or workplace discrimination based on age, race, sex, disability, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, or other grounds. Our California retaliation claim attorneys serve clients throughout California, including Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento, Oakland, San Jose, Stockton, Fresno, Modesto, the San Francisco Bay Area, Alameda County, Marin County, Sonoma County, Napa County, Contra Costa County, San Mateo County, Santa Clara County, and Solano County.