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Strategic Support for Employment Law Cases

Strategic Support for Employment Law Cases
Employment Law

February 7, 2025

Employment law ensures that workers’ rights are upheld and that employers adhere to legal workplace standards. Cases involving discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, and wage violations can be challenging, requiring substantial evidence and strategic legal insight. Stratejic Relationships, under the leadership of Paul Littrell, Jr., provides trial lawyers with critical investigative support, uncovering key evidence and identifying witnesses essential for building strong employment law cases.

Common Workplace Disputes

Employment law encompasses a wide range of disputes, including:

  • Discrimination: Cases involving race, gender, age, disability, and other protected characteristics. Employers often attempt to hide discriminatory behavior behind performance-based justifications, making it essential to gather detailed workplace records and witness testimony.
  • Harassment: Hostile work environments, including sexual harassment claims. Employees who endure harassment may fear retaliation, making it critical to identify corroborating witnesses and patterns of misconduct.
  • Wrongful Termination: Firings based on retaliation, whistleblowing, or discrimination. Employers may claim financial or performance-related justifications, requiring a detailed analysis of employment records and company policies.
  • Wage and Hour Violations: Unpaid overtime, misclassification of employees, and wage theft. Payroll records, time sheets, and employee testimony are key components in proving these violations.

Challenges in Employment Law Cases

  • Lack of Evidence: Many workplace violations occur in private settings, making proof difficult. Employers may delete emails, deny conversations, or fail to document verbal warnings.
  • Witness Hesitation: Employees fear retaliation or job loss for speaking out, making it difficult to obtain credible testimony.
  • Corporate Defenses: Employers employ legal teams to dispute claims aggressively, often using well-crafted policies and documentation to justify actions taken against employees.

How Stratejic Relationships Strengthens Employment Law Cases

  • Identifying Witnesses: Connecting trial lawyers with former and current employees willing to testify.
  • Document Retrieval: Securing payroll records, emails, and internal reports that provide crucial evidence.
  • Expert Collaboration: Working with labor law professionals to strengthen claims with expert opinions and industry analysis.

Achieving Justice in Workplace Disputes

Stratejic Relationships ensures that trial lawyers have the evidence and resources needed to advocate effectively for wronged employees, leveling the playing field against powerful corporations.

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Penn Law LLC

Paul is a fact witness magnet on his way to becoming a magnate in the niche he's expertly crafted. Not only do he and his team execute a proven method of bringing influential witnesses to bear in complex litigation, helpful fact witnesses just naturally gravitate toward them. People skills incorporated within the Witness|Mining™ process provide a seamless and time-saving transition which helps me develop relationships with fact witnesses with the potential to positively impact cases.

Darren W. Penn, ESQ.
Darren W. Penn, ESQ.

Penn Law LLC

Working with Stratejic Relationships recently has been a very positive experience. Consummate professionals, Paul and his team breathed new life into the investigation of a 10 year old personal injury case by identifying a substantial number of potential fact witnesses who may impact my ability to prevail against a corporate Defendant. They were insightful, prompt, and worked within my budget. Stratejic exceeded my expectations and is an organization with whom I continue to work.

Robert N. Edwards, ESQ.
Robert N. Edwards, ESQ.

The Law Office of Robert N. Edwards

New, Taylor & Associates

Conferring with the Whistleblower provided to me by Stratejic just prior to an important series of depositions provided me with invaluable insights into how my Defendant secretly conducted their business. Twenty minutes into my questions, and the first deponent had shredded the Defense, facilitating settlement. This is a service I will continue to use.

Stephen P. New, ESQ.
Stephen P. New, ESQ.

New, Taylor & Associates

Lipsky Lowe LLP

Stratejic has represented a significant return on my investment. Paul and his team saved me a considerable amount of time filing a class action by providing me with the names and addresses of a number of former, harmed employees of my Defendant. When you need a Class Representative, this is a time-efficient, economical, and ethical path to signing one, and a service I will continue to use.

Douglas B. Lipsky, ESQ.
Douglas B. Lipsky, ESQ.

Lipsky Lowe LLP

Beasley Allen Law Firm

Paul and his team have demonstrated a real proficiency for identifying and acquiring Insider Fact Witnesses who have the potential for bolstering claims, and in my own practice their unique solutions have represented a positive return on my investment.

Michael J. Crow, ESQ.
Michael J. Crow, ESQ.

Beasley Allen Law Firm

Richardson Thomas

Paul is an absolute lightning rod when it comes to investigations which produce fact witnesses who possess relevant information about, and interest in, my firm’s cases. His breadth of associations throughout the country is quite impressive, and he has the uncanny ability to help us forge impactful and beneficial relationships.

Terry E. Richardson, Jr., ESQ.
Terry E. Richardson, Jr., ESQ.

Richardson Thomas

Bailey Glasser, LLP

Paul and his team delivered exactly what they said they would: a list of impacted fact witnesses and their addresses relevant to our case within a given state, and they did so within our budget.

John W. Barrett, ESQ.
John W. Barrett, ESQ.

Bailey Glasser, LLP