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Labor and employment laws are designed to ensure that every workplace is free from illegal discrimination, and all employees are provided with a fair and equal opportunity to contribute to the organization’s success. Cullen Weston Pines & Bach's Labor and Employment lawyers are committed to ensuring justice in the workplace, offering considerable expertise in this complex area of law.

Labor unions of law enforcement officers, teachers, and nurses, as well as their individual members, are long-standing clients. The firm’s labor law team works through the collective bargaining process to resolve disputes for the unions and their members. We pride ourselves for making numerous positive contributions to the development of Wisconsin’s labor law through judicial decisions as well as legislative enactments.

Individual employees experiencing unfair treatment in the also regularly turn to our lawyers for assistance. In particular, University of Wisconsin, state, and municipal employees have come to us time and time again to enforce their unique rights. Advocating from a position of strength for our clients in state and federal courts, administrative agencies such as the Wisconsin Equal Rights Division and the Federal Equal Employment Opportunities Commission, and in private negotiations, we enable our clients to succeed.  Whether the problem is illegal discrimination or harassment, difficulty obtaining disability accommodation or necessary family or medical leave, or other workplace disputes, we have a proven record of success for our clients in obtaining resolutions that are direct, fair, and economical. 

Lead Labor and Employment Attorneys

Leading Cullen Weston Pines & Bach LLP's Labor and Employment group is partner Linda L. Harfst. Linda regularly represents individuals in employment litigation, as well as in negotiating employment contracts and severance agreements. In the labor arena, she represents Madison Teachers Inc., the Wisconsin Professional Police Association, and SEIU Healthcare District 1199W.

Partners Lester A. Pines and Tamara B. Packard also practice labor and employment law. Lester is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, and has appeared in courts throughout Wisconsin and the nation. Tamara frequently represents clients with discrimination complaints before the Wisconsin Equal Rights Division, the Federal Equal Employment Opportunities Commission, and at the Madison Equal Opportunities Commission. She also serves on the Board of Fair Wisconsin.

Associates Nick Fairweather, Theresa Gabriel, and paralegal Vicki MacDonald round out the Labor and Employment group.

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