Fired in West Michigan? You need a lawyer who knows the medical, manufacturing, and religious-employer landscape.
Need a Grand Rapids employment lawyer? Here’s the local landscape. Grand Rapids has its own employment-law character — large medical systems, furniture and office manufacturing, food processing, Tier-1 auto suppliers, and one of the highest concentrations of religious-affiliated employers in the country.
Why Grand Rapids employment cases are their own category.
Grand Rapids’s economy runs on four big pillars: medical systems, office and furniture manufacturing, Tier-1 auto suppliers, and a large food-processing cluster. West Michigan also has an unusually high concentration of religious-affiliated employers. These employers claim significant ministerial-exception and religious-freedom defenses in employment cases, which require a different strategic approach than purely secular employers.
Grand Rapids courts and service area.
Where your case is heard
State: Kent County Circuit Court. Federal: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan (Grand Rapids). The W.D. Michigan headquarters is in Grand Rapids. Most federal employment cases for West Michigan file there.
Serving Kent County and surrounding areas
Grand Rapids · Wyoming · Kentwood · Grandville · Walker · Ada · Cascade · East Grand Rapids · Rockford · Holland · Zeeland · Muskegon · Kalamazoo — and all of Kent, Ottawa, Muskegon, Kalamazoo, and Allegan counties.
Case types I handle.
Non-Compete Defense
Cease-and-desist or lawsuit from a former employer.
FMLA Retaliation
Fired or punished after medical leave.
Pregnancy Discrimination
Demoted, denied accommodations, or fired after announcing.
ADA Accommodation
Denied an accommodation or punished for asking.
Race Discrimination
Title VII + § 1981 + ELCRA.
Gender Discrimination
Bostock + ELCRA + Equal Pay Act.
Sexual Harassment
Hostile work environment, quid pro quo, supervisor pressure. Reported it and got fired or pushed out? Title VII and Michigan law cover both.
Whistleblower
Michigan WPA, SOX, Dodd-Frank, FCA.
Age Discrimination
ADEA + ELCRA.
Need a Grand Rapids employment lawyer? Let’s talk today.
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