Micala's practice focuses on counseling clients on labor and employment matters and representing employers in employment litigation matters brought by individuals or on a class-wide basis. Micala advises clients on compliance with a wide range of labor and employment related statutes and regulations, including but not limited to: WARN, the FMLA, the FLSA, Title VII, the ADA, the ADEA, OSHA and the OWBPA.
She regularly counsels employers regarding hiring and termination decisions, employment policies and employee investigations and obligations in connection with reductions-in-force. Micala also prepares and negotiates separation and release agreements, employment contracts and independent contractor and consulting agreements, and non-competition and confidentiality agreements. Micala also counsels clients regarding labor and employment obligations arid representations in connection with mergers and acquisitions.
Micala additionally represents employers in a wide variety of employment litigation matters involving claims of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, breach of contract, wrongful discharge, misclassification of employees, failure to pay for time worked, misappropriation of trade secrets, defamation, tortious interference and unfair competition. Micala also represents high-level employees in connection with claims relating to breach of non-competition agreements, breach of fiduciary duty and misappropriation of trade secrets. Micala also has extensive experience representing employers in connection with collective and class action claims regarding wage and hour issues brought pursuant to the FLSA. She has represented employers in state and federal courts in multiple states and before several administrative agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Department of Labor, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs and the Texas Workforce Commission. Micala has also represented employers in connection with arbitrations before the American Arbitration Association, JAMS, and the FINRA.
