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MKN is an exclusive employment law firm representing small to mid-size businesses and select individuals across North and South Carolina.

Recognized by Business North Carolina Magazine amongst the Legal Elite in Employment Law, as well as a Super Lawyers Rising Star, my firm strives to provide sophisticated and aggressive employment law litigation counsel as well as value centered HR solutions for small to mid-size employers.

Employment Law Litigation - With experience at one of the largest labor and employment law defense firms in the nation, MKN represents select businesses seeking aggressive, diligent, and value centered employment law defense litigation counsel. My firm defends small to mid-size employers both in court and before administrative agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Department of Labor, and other state and federal agencies. MKN also represents a limited number of individual employees in court with highly meritorious employment law litigation claims.

Employment Contracts - MKN means employment contracts. A central focus of my practice is the drafting, preparation, review, and enforcement of employment contracts such as agreements not to compete, confidentiality agreements, severance agreements, non-solicitation documents, apprenticeship documents, independent contractor arrangements, and literally all other contracts arising out of the employment relationship.

HR Consulting Services - My firm provides human resources consulting services to small and mid-sized businesses seeking to prevent costly employment disputes and avoid protracted litigation. MKN advises businesses with comprehensive, step-by-step plans to assure compliance with the myraid of dynamic employment regulations in today's modern regulatory environment. This includes reviews of high risk employee terminations, reviews of existing employee handbooks, the formulation of employment policies, responses to individual employee challenges, and regulatory compliance audits to a number of small to mid-size employers. My firm offers an initial free on-site human resources consultation along with a free initial compliance analysis to small and mid-sized employers.

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MKN HR_Law Blog

April 10, 2013
Employers: No Time To Waste! What You Need To Know NOW About The Revised Form I-9: The Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 is used to verify the identity and employment authorization of individuals hired in the United States. All U.S. employers must ensure proper completion of Form I-9 for each individual they hire for employment within strict timing deadlines. This includes citizens and noncitizens. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) [...]

November 19, 2012
Why hire human resources counsel to review terminations? Resident of New Hope finds ‘new hope’ in 8th Circuit FMLA ruling.: Ruby Clinkscale turned in a doctor’s note to her employer and received FMLA forms. This routine exchange of papers left her in the dark, however, once her employer then denied her FMLA leave the next day on the basis that she was apparently “terminated” the previous day. Clinkscale then sued her employer for interference under [...]