New demands and emerging trends in the workplace require the tactical response of employment experts. Shea Stokes's labor and employment attorneys serve clients in more than 35 states, including some of the most prominent hotel, resort, restaurant and travel companies in the United States. Our creative, cost-effective and aggressive representation has attracted name-brand clients from the fields of hospitality, health care, insurance, and manufacturing.

Our areas of practice include proprietary programs that prevent or deter employment lawsuits, employment litigation, employee and HR training, programs tailored to promote corporate culture, labor-management relations, union avoidance, rights and obligations in wage payment practices, unemployment and disability benefits, health and safety laws, and hiring and termination policies.

Arch Stokes, a pioneer in the employment law field for three decades, leads the Labor and Employment Law team. He has participated in more than 200 takeovers. A trial attorney, Mr. Stokes has tried lawsuits in more than 30 states and in several countries. Nevertheless, he practices preventive law, and advises clients how to create cultural environments that eliminate or reduce conflict.

Included among Shea Stokes's employment products and services are LAWDIT®, an auditing program designed to reduce employment claims while advancing business objectives; the Preventive Program©, designed to help clients reduce the risk of exposure to litigation and the subsequent legal costs; LAWST®, a guide to understanding sexual harassment and union issues; and publications such as The Summary Guide to Executive Employment Contracts; Area Labor Profiles; and The Wage and Hour Handbook for Restaurants and Hotels.

SERVICES

Alternative Dispute Resolution Proceedings
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Arbitrations
Breach of Contract
Collective Bargaining
Corporate Campaigns
Crisis Management Advice & Consultation
Drafting and Review of Human Resources Policies, Practicesand Procedures
Employee Discrimination
EEOC
Employee Contracts
Employee Handbooks
Experts
Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Hearings
Hotel/Resort Takeover Checklist
Investigations
Labor Cost & Compensation Analysis
LAWDIT®
Litigation
Openings - Preventive Labor & Employment Advice
OSHA
Peer Review
The Preventive Program®
Position Statements
Settlements
Strikes, Work Stoppage, Job Actions, Strike Plans,
Takeovers - Preventive Labor & Employment Advice
Training - Seminars, Speeches, Films, Skits
Union Campaigns
Wage & Hour

REPRESENTATIVE CLIENT LIST

ANC Rental Corporation dba Alamo and National Car Rental
American Hotel & Lodging Association
Benchmark Hospitality
Buena Vista Hospitality Group
Carrabba's Italian Grill
Carlson Companies
Carlson Hospitality Worldwide
Carlson-Wagonlit Travel
The Charles in Harvard Square
Chubb Insurance
City of Marietta, GA
Concessions International
Country Inns & Suites by Carlson
CSX Corporation
CWB Boylston
D.C. Chartered Health Plan, Inc.
The Fairmont Scottsdale Princess
First American Equipment Finance
Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts
Four Seasons Hotel Boston
Four Seasons Hualalai at Historic Ka'upulehu
Four Seasons Hotel Lost Angeles
Four Seasons Hotel Newport Beach
Four Seasons Resort, Aviara North San Diego
Four Seasons Resort, Aviara Vacation Ownership
Georgia Hospitality & Travel Association
Ginn Hospitality Company
The Greenbrier Hotel
The Greenbrier Sporting Club
Grill Concepts, Inc.
Guest Services
Gulf Coast Wings, Inc.
Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six
Hualalai Development Company
InfraSource, Inc.
Interstate Hotels & Resorts
Italian Oven Restaurants
Ithaca College
Janzen, Johnson & Rockwell
Kaiser Permanente
Kekaha Venture, Inc
Kuki'o Golf and Beach Club
Louisiana Pacific Corporation
Maritz, Wolff & Company
Melrose Hotel Company
Monterrey Provisions
Montvale Holiday Inn
Morehouse School of Religion
Mueller Distribution Contractors, Inc.
Ocean Hospitalities
Outback Steakhouse, Inc.
Pittsburgh Marriott City Center Hotel
The Procaccianti Group
The PGA Education Center
Radisson Hotel Los Angeles Westside
Radisson Hotels Worldwide
Radisson Plaza - Warwick Hotel Philadelphia
Radisson Seven Seas Cruises
Remington Hotel Corporation
Restaurants of America
R.M.D. Corporation
Rose Hills
Roy's Restaurant
Sage Hospitality Resources, LLC
Shaner Hotel Group
Sheraton Atlanta Hotel
Southeastern Hospitality
Services, Inc.
Southern Food Services
Stericycle, Inc.
SunTrust Banks
Tecton Hospitality, Inc.
Texas Wings
U.S. Franchise Systems, Inc.
Warnaco
Zurich, North America

TEAM MEMBERS

Peter G. Fischer
Ronald R. Giusso
Lanna R. Hill
John R. Hunt
Bruno W. Katz
Theodore S. Lu
Peter B. Maretz
Anne-Marie Mizel
Maria C. Roberts
Lawrence W. Shea II
David Sherwyn
Shirley Shu
Arch Y. Stokes
Margaret M. Stokes
Karl M. Terrell
Paul E. Wagner