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AVOID COMMON
MISTAKES.
While hiring a knowledgeable lawyer is usually essential to any victory, the
truth is that many cases are lost due to mistakes made before the lawyer is
hired. Here are some common mistakes that you should avoid:
- Failing to mitigate your damages. Generally
an employee who has been wronged by his employer must take all
reasonable steps to mitigate his or her damages. This means that if you
were fired from a job, you must look for and accept comparable work.
Not only should you be looking for work, but your should keep track of
your job search efforts. Keep a log or a journal listing who you
contacted and when. Employment cases can sometimes take years to
settle. It is far to easy to forget when and where you applied for work.
- Failing
to find out what your former employer is saying about you. Many
employers provide more information than your dates of employment and
salary history. Find out what your employer will say and won't say
about you. If your employer will be saying something unfavorable
about you, develop a strategy to use when applying and interviewing for
other jobs. Find other references to use.
- Failing to
retain crucial documents. Don't dispose of payroll information,
employment manuals, performance evaluations, warning notices, or
discharge letters that you received. All of this can be important
evidence in your case.
- Failing to keep track of the names,
addresses and phone numbers of your co-employees. Co-employees may be
able to provide information that is important to your case. If you
don't know their names, addresses, or telephone numbers, it will
be difficult for your lawyer and any investigator to find them.
- Failing
to find out all you can about why employment action was taken
against you. Most employees seeking legal assistance believe that that
employer took some action without good reason. You will usually be
in the position of proving that the reason provided by the employer was
not true or was not the real reason for the employment action. To do
this, you must know everything you can about what the employer is
saying. Ask for documents in your personnel file. Ask about witnesses
and evidence. Ask why others who did the same thing did not face the
same consequences. The more of this information you obtain, the
better advice you will obtain regarding your chances of success.
- Failing
to contact a lawyer as soon as possible. Employment cases often have
shorter time limits than other types of cases. Grievance often have to
be filed within days of an employment action. Many cases have ten and
thirty day time limits. Even when time periods are longer, delay can
often result in evidence being lost and avoidable mistakes being made.
Contact us now if you are serious about winning your case.
Attorney John D. Uelmen has been practicing employment law for
more than twenty-five years and has the experience to handle the unique challenges
posed by a particular employment problem. He has dedicated his legal career to
providing successful, innovative, and affordable representation to the public. He has been awarded an AV rating (the highest rating available) by
Martindale-Hubbell. The AV rating is a profound accomplishment and demonstrates
that a lawyer's peers in the legal community recognize that the lawyer has the
highest level of skill and maintains the strict ethical standards in the
practice. For a lawyer, it is the mark of excellence.
The rating system has been developed by
Martindale-Hubbell over more than 100 years. The information that support these
ratings is provided by members of the bar and the judiciary. The "A" rating
means the lawyer possesses professional skills that are "very high to
pre-eminent". The "V" portion of the rating means that the lawyer adheres to the
highest professional standards of conduct and ethics.
Contact Information
If you are seeking legal
representation concerning an employment problem in Wisconsin, please feel free
to contact us by telephone, fax, or email for an appointment. Telephone or
office consultations are available.
- Telephone
- 414-906-1800
- FAX
- 414-906-1850
- Postal address
- 1800 E. Capitol Drive, Suite 2G
- Milwaukee,
WI 53211-2330
- Electronic mail
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juelmen@ameritech.net
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