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Representing Employees with over 40 Years of Combined Experience

  • $1.5 million settlement for female correctional officers women sexually harassed by a supervising correctional sergeant.


  • $1.5 million settlement for female school district workers sexually harassed by a school administrator.


  • $1 million settlement for female hospital workers sexually harassed by a staff doctor.


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Severance & Employment Contracts

Severance & Employment Contracts

Experienced California Employment Contract Lawyers
Fresno Severance Agreement Law Firm

Did your employer ask you to waive your rights regarding discrimination claims in exchange for signing a severance contract?

Do you feel your rights have been violated while working under an “at will” contract?

If you feel you have a possible case for employment discrimination as a result of being coerced into signing a contract that takes away your rights, you need to contact our California employment contract lawyers today. With more than 40 years of seasoned experience, our knowledgeable employment law attorneys at W. J. Smith & Associates, Attorneys at Law, in Fresno, California, can help you get the compensation you deserve.

Our knowledgeable lawyers, William Smith and Shelley Bryant, can counsel you with matters involving:

  • Negotiating severance packages
  • Arbitration agreements
  • Non-compete agreements
  • “Termination for cause” clauses
  • “At-will” contracts
  • Settlement Agreements

Let Us Protect You from Illegal Actions Committed by Your Employer

The most important advice our California employment contract lawyers can give you is to see us before you sign any documents. Sometimes unscrupulous bosses will offer employees a severance contact, but only if all rights regarding discrimination or sexual harassment claims are waived. Or perhaps a company offers a whistle blowing worker a severance package with provisions that prohibit them from making a formal complaint.

No matter what you have been asked to sign, contact our California severance package attorneys today before you spend the money they have offered you to buy your silence or restrict your right to work in a chosen field or geographical area.

Representing clients throughout Northern California and the California Central Valley region, including the cities of Fresno, San Joaquin, Madera, Kings, Merced, Clovis, Modesto, Stockton, Visalia, Hanford, Avenal, Sacramento, Folsom, Davis, Roseville and Carmichael, and in the counties of Tulare, Fresno, Madera, Merced, Kern, Kings, Yolo, Sacramento and Stanislaus.

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