Legal Marketing Ethics

ROY S. GINSBURG advises law firms, solo practitioners and vendors within the legal service industry on a wide variety of legal marketing ethics issues. He is legal marketing ethics counsel for Minnesota Law & Politics and Super Lawyers® magazines. And, as the Internet plays a more prominent role in legal marketing, FindLaw, Thomson West's legal portal, has tapped Roy's expertise to navigate new ground rules in cyberspace. He also consults on more tangible matters, such as referral fees, solicitation, direct mail, and advertisements in all types of media.

Employment Law

ROY S. GINSBURG represents corporate employers of all sizes. For smaller companies, Roy is the chief legal advisor for employment matters. For larger companies, he handles overflow employment law work for corporate legal departments. Companies benefit from Roy's expertise in the following areas:

• Developing employment policies
• Discrimination, Harassment, FMLA, Wage and Hour, Unemployment Compensation
• Drafting employment handbooks
• Drafting employment agreements
• Drafting and enforcing non-compete and confidentiality agreements
• Counseling and assessing risks of employee terminations
• RIF’s
• Training in all employment law areas, including harassment awareness

Roy also represents individuals who feel they have been treated unfairly by their employers. He frequently assists employees who need advice regarding severance packages and releases when they have lost their jobs. He also advises employees about their rights in the areas of:

• Discrimination
• Harassment
• Wrongful discharge
• Retaliation
• FMLA
• Confidentiality and non-compete obligations