Employment Lawyers in Philadelphia

Philadelphia Labor Lawyers Representing Clients Throughout the Tri-state and Delaware Valley

OUR EMPLOYEE CLIENTS include all levels of employees—executives to management employees, hourly workers, artists, construction workers, doctors, academics, consultants, engineers, marketing professionals, attorneys, designers, clerical workers, and more.

OUR BUSINESS CLIENTS range from large, established industrial businesses with complex employment issues that occur during growth, to startups seeking to form businesses and obtain their first round of financing.

WE INVITE YOU TO explore our website and see who we are and what we do. Click on the links below to hear Philadelphia PA employment attorney Nancy O’Mara Ezold discuss what you should do if you are having problems at work, or to review our Outside Counsel Program for businesses.

The Ezold Law Firm, P.C. was founded by Nancy O'Mara Ezold, Esq. in 1993 as an employment law and litigation boutique. Since that time, the firm has grown to seven lawyers and focuses its practice in employment law, business and corporate law and health care law, acting as attorneys, advisors and counselors to its clients, as well as representing its clients in transactional and litigation matters. Nancy O'Mara Ezold speaks around the country on employment matters, and has been featured on 20/20, 60 Minutes and other programs.

Since its founding, the Ezold Law Firm, P.C. has developed a reputation for the quality of its work and the tenacity of its attorneys. Each attorney at the firm has a large firm background, or began their career with the firm. The firm regularly deals with and litigates against large firms on behalf of our clients, and holds its attorneys to the highest standard of excellence.

Philadelphia labor lawyers representing clients throughout the tri-state

Employment Law

The Ezold Law Firm's employment law practice is well known throughout the tri-state and Delaware Valley region.. Nancy O'Mara Ezold, Jacqueline Woolley, Esq. and Michelle Patrick, Esq., represent employees in negotiating their claims with employers, as well as prosecuting those claims before state and federal courts, as well as state administrative agencies and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The Ezold Law Firm, P.C. is one of the few employment boutiques in the Philadelphia area that has survived since the mid-1990s, due to the quality of the firm's attorneys and our commitment to our clients.

The Philadelphia employment attorneys represent C-level and executive employee clients with their employment matters, including: contract, compensation and equity issues; discrimination and wrongful termination matters; complex tax and benefit plan issues; severance and buyouts; and all other employment matters. The firm represents employees with their claims relating to discrimination, harassment, wage and hour, unemployment, employee benefits, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Family Medical Leave Act, the Uniformed Service Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, wrongful termination and other matters.

The Ezold Law Firm, P.C. is one of the few employment firms in the tri-state and Delaware Valley area that represents both employers and employees. This dual representation allows us to provide a unique insight into the strategy and position of our cases, and has contributed to the firm's success. In representing employers, the firm provides: corporate training; complaint investigation; representation before state and federal courts and agencies on employment claims; advice and counsel on wage and hour, overtime, FLSA classification, FMLA and related issues; drafting of and training on policies and procedures; best practices counsel; defense to audits by the Department of Labor, unemployment and workers' compensation boards; representation at unemployment hearings; and more.

Business Law

Christopher Ezold, a partner in the firm, joined the firm in 1995, and opened the firm's business law practice in 1997. Since that time, the firm has represented many startup, small and medium-sized business in all aspects of their business, from incorporation and partnership agreements to: corporate training and employee training; contract review and drafting; mergers and acquisitions, asset sales and purchases; tax matters and disputes; noncompetition and trade secret matters; regulatory compliance and more, as well as litigation in these areas before state and federal courts and agencies in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Texas, Georgia, Indiana and elsewhere. Mr. Ezold has received his LL.M. in Taxation, and Certificate in Employee Benefits from the Villanova University School of Law, as well as a Diploma in Trial Advocacy from the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, in order to better serve the firm's clients.

Health Law

In 2010, Laura Sunstein Murphy, Esq., a prominent health law attorney, joined the firm as of counsel, merging her health care practice into the firm. Together with Christopher Ezold, she provides advice and counsel to the firm's physician and health care provider clients in all areas of health care law, including: Stark and Anti-Kickback compliance; physician employment agreements; physician practice ownership agreements; startup ventures and new practices, group medical practice formation and mergers; operational contract drafting and review; applications for Certificates of Public Review; third-party payor and prompt payment matters; regulatory compliance; appeals and defenses before regulatory agencies; defense of physicians and practices before state and hospital boards of review and licensing boards; HIPAA compliance and training; medical record requests and practice management issues.

Contact the Ezold Law Firm today

The Ezold Law Firm, P.C., provides wrap-around legal care services to its business, physician and health care provider clients in all matters, including counseling, employment matters, transactions and litigation. The firm's goal is to take the burden of these matters off of the shoulders of business owners and physician clients, and provide a comprehensive plan for resolving our clients' legal matters, so that our clients can focus their energies on their businesses and practices. Learn more about the Philadelphia employment law firm by calling 610.660.5585 or using the online contact form.