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Need a Macomb Township employment lawyer? Here’s the local landscape. Macomb Township is one of Michigan’s fastest-growing communities and home to a large white-collar and skilled-trades commuter workforce. Most employment cases from residents here originate at workplaces in Sterling Heights, Warren, Troy, or downtown Detroit — but I file cases close to home in the Macomb County Circuit Court whenever Michigan venue rules permit.
What employment cases look like in Macomb Township
Macomb Township is predominantly residential, with the workforce commuting to manufacturing in Sterling Heights and Warren, healthcare in Clinton Township, and offices in Troy or downtown Detroit. The disputes that come from this kind of workforce have predictable patterns: mid-career professionals terminated under cost-cutting pretext, FMLA-related discipline against skilled-trades workers, and pregnancy or ADA claims arising in regional facilities.
Mine is a one-sided practice by design: employees always, employers never. And because I filter cases by whether I could win them at trial, you’ll get candor instead of a pitch — a viable claim gets a strategy, and anything else gets a free pointer to the right firm.
The eight fact patterns that turn into real claims
Macomb Township residents mostly work elsewhere — at the supplier plants, hospitals, and offices spread across Macomb County — but the legal problems they bring home are remarkably consistent. These eight fact patterns, each linked below, cover nearly all of them.
Wrongful termination
The story usually starts with something you did that the employer didn’t like — a complaint, an injury report, a leave request — and ends with a termination justified by something else entirely. Proving the official reason false is how these cases are won.
FMLA retaliation
FMLA is the federal law that protects medical and family leave, and the violation I see most from county employers is simple: leave first, punishment soon after. New discipline, a demotion, or a firing within weeks of protected leave is textbook retaliation.
Pregnancy discrimination
Pregnancy should never cost you your job, your title, or your standing — yet terminations after the announcement, denials of modest accommodations, and post-maternity-leave demotions remain among the most common calls I get.
ADA accommodation
You asked for something the law entitles you to — a workable adjustment for a disability or medical condition — and the employer refused, went silent, or punished you for raising it. Each of those responses violates the ADA.
Race, gender, age discrimination
Maybe it was the discipline only you received, the overtime only you lost, or the retaliation that followed your complaint to HR. When the dividing line is race, gender, or age, federal and Michigan law both provide remedies.
Whistleblower retaliation
Michigan’s Whistleblowers’ Protection Act shields workers who report violations of law or safety standards from being fired, demoted, or harassed for it. Its 90-day statute of limitations is unforgiving, so timing is everything.
Non-compete defense
Getting sued — or threatened with suit — over a non-compete doesn’t mean you’ll lose. Michigan judges apply a rigorous reasonableness analysis to these agreements, and the sloppy, overbroad ones that suppliers favor often get struck down or narrowed.
Severance review and negotiation
Before you sign a severance agreement, understand what the release clause actually surrenders. A short attorney review — no lawsuit, no court — can identify problems in the language and whether the offer undervalues your claims.
Where Macomb Township employment cases get filed
Wherever the employer is located in Macomb County, cases over $25,000 land in the 16th Circuit Court in Mt. Clemens. Smaller claims go to the 41B District Court on Romeo Plank in Clinton Township. Federal claims go to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
I’m in those courts regularly. My office is in downtown Detroit, roughly 40 minutes from Macomb Township — close enough that in-person meetings are easy when they make sense, and most case work is handled by phone and email between hearings.
The local context
Macomb Township residents typically commute to employers like Stellantis, the GM Tech Center, FCA suppliers, regional healthcare systems, and Troy-based corporate offices — and I’ve handled or evaluated cases against employers in each of these categories.
I keep this list because the first thing most callers want to know is whether their employer is familiar territory. For Michigan’s bigger employers it nearly always is — and walking in already knowing a company’s HR patterns and defense lawyers takes real time off the front end of a case.
Free case evaluation. Straight answer either way.
Fifteen-minute call. I’ll ask the right questions, tell you whether your case is worth pursuing, and either explain what I’d do or refer you to someone who can.