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Employment law is often litigated.
Employers. Employment disputes are common and often proceed to litigation. Zamzow Fabian PLLC focuses on employer-side counseling, compliance, and defense. This includes Michigan regulatory matters involving DIFS, LARA, and MIOSHA, as well as parallel federal OSHA issues.
Employees. We also selectively represent employees in specialized roles — managers, executives, and professionals — along with individuals seeking pre-employment contract review or advice concerning existing agreements.
Clients. We cultivate long-term relationships and provide practical, forward-looking guidance to structure, implement, and refine employment strategies. Because employment issues frequently intersect with corporate matters, please see Zamzow Fabian PLLC's business law attorneys for related counseling.
Our attorneys represent employers and executives.
General Employment Law
Employers face continuous duties around hiring, policies, pay practices, accommodations, and separation. We deliver day-to-day counseling, align handbooks and training with current law, and protect core business interests through clear guidance, documentation, and efficient resolution.Non-Competition
Restrictive covenants work only when tailored to legitimate interests and enforceable in scope. We draft, review, and refine agreements and prosecute or defend injunctions when departures threaten customer relationships or confidential assets.
Grand Rapids Employment Lawyers
Employment Litigation
When claims mature into litigation, speed and strategy matter. We defend non-compete and trade-secret cases, discrimination and retaliation claims, wage-and-hour disputes, and wrongful-termination actions, driving toward resolution by motion practice, negotiation, or trial.State & Regulatory (DIFS • LARA • MIOSHA/OSHA)
Regulators can reshape an employment dispute overnight. We represent employers in examinations, investigations, and enforcement before DIFS and LARA, and in workplace-safety matters under MIOSHA/OSHA — from subpoenas and compliance plans to administrative hearings and judicial review.
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Counseled by trial lawyers.
Employment matters at Zamzow Fabian are handled by trial attorneys — lawyers who understand how disputes develop and what opposing counsel will argue before a complaint is ever filed.
Employer counseling shaped by that perspective looks different: policies and documentation are structured with litigation risk in mind, disciplinary processes account for how they will read to a jury, and agreements are drafted to hold up when tested.
For executives and professionals, the same directness applies — clear advice on what matters in an agreement, what is negotiable, and what the risk looks like if the relationship breaks down.
General Employment Law.
Employers face continuous duties around hiring, policies, training, pay practices, accommodations, investigations, and separation. We provide day-to-day counseling that anticipates disputes, aligns handbooks and practices with current law, and protects core business interests without sacrificing operational efficiency.
Our approach is pragmatic: clear guidance first, documentation and compliance second, and efficient resolution when issues arise. We prioritize preventive measures — well-crafted policies, calibrated discipline, and clear communications — to reduce litigation risk and sustain a productive workplace.
Non-Competition.
Restrictive covenants are effective only when tailored to legitimate business interests and reasonable in scope, duration, and geography. We draft agreements calibrated to role and risk, review and modernize legacy forms, and advise on onboarding and exit strategies to preserve customer relationships and confidential assets.
When disputes arise, we prosecute and defend injunctions and damages claims with a focus on precision and enforceability, not boilerplate — moving quickly to protect competitive advantage while containing cost and disruption.
Employment Litigation.
When claims mature into litigation, speed and strategy matter. We defend employers in non-compete and trade-secret cases, discrimination and retaliation claims, wage-and-hour disputes, and wrongful-termination actions. We manage parallel risks — preserving evidence, coordinating internal communications, and locking in defenses — while driving toward resolution through motion practice, negotiation, or trial.
Our goal is consistent: protect the enterprise, resolve disputes efficiently, and restore operational certainty so the business can move forward.
State & Related Regulatory (DIFS • LARA • MIOSHA/OSHA).
Regulatory actions can reshape an employment matter overnight. We represent employers in examinations, investigations, and enforcement before Michigan agencies such as the Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) and the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA), as well as in workplace-safety matters under MIOSHA and parallel federal OSHA.
Our work spans responses to subpoenas and information demands, negotiated compliance plans and consent orders, administrative hearings before ALJs, and judicial review where appropriate. The objective is consistent: contain exposure, restore operational certainty, and close matters on terms that let the business move forward.