M.C. Cravatta represents both private and public sector management clients in connection with a wide variety of complex labor and employment matters. As a litigator, M.C. practices in both state and federal court and regularly handles matters involving employment and civil rights issues arising under federal statutes (including Title VII, the Americans With Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and the Fair Labor Standards Act), equivalent state statutes and common law causes of action. Additionally, M.C. litigates and counsels employers and other corporate clients regarding restrictive covenant law and related considerations. M.C. handles both single-plaintiff lawsuits along with class and collective actions and other complex multi-plaintiff matters. In addition to her employment and civil rights work, M.C. also litigates and counsels management on a variety of traditional labor issues (including pre-campaign advice, employer campaigns and elections, contract negotiations, unfair labor practice issues and grievance arbitrations).
As a complement to her litigation practice, M.C. also provides proactive and full-service counseling and advice to management regarding a gamut of employment law issues. M.C. regularly prepares and leads employee training sessions, drafts various employment documents (including employment contracts, severance agreements and employment handbooks and policies), audits wage and hour policies at client locations across the country and assists clients in orchestrating large-scale, national reductions-in-force. Through her counseling work, M.C. aims to help her clients navigate and effectively respond to new problems in the workplace, such as those created by the recent COVID-19 pandemic.
M.C. understands that labor and employment issues involve real people and real business concerns. She enjoys collaborating with her clients to create effective and creative solutions that not only address their legal obligations and responsibilities, but also serve the best interests of their organizations as a whole.