wrongful termination Lawyers
When an employer wrongfully terminates an employee, they aren’t just taking away a job, they are taking away a livelihood. Our wrongful termination lawyers stand up to those employers, fighting back to regain for our clients what was wrongfully taken away from them.
Contrary to what many believe, there is no cause of action solely for “wrongful termination.” Rather, there must be a separate legal basis to sue for wrongful termination. This separate legal basis can be a violation of your employment contract or termination that violates one of the many employment related laws. If you believe you have been wrongfully terminated, you need an experienced wrongful termination lawyer who is familiar with the various laws to properly evaluate your claim. Our wrongful termination lawyers have over 35 years of experience specializing in wrongful termination cases, and are renowned as relentless litigators who get our clients results.
Serving Wrongful Termination victims across Michigan
Our wrongful termination lawyers serve victims across Michigan, including wrongful termination victims in: Detroit, Lansing, Grand Rapids, Flint, Saginaw, Kalamazoo, Battle Creek, Jackson, and Traverse City.
If you are the victim of wrongful termination, contact us today to have our wrongful termination lawyers evaluate your case free of charge. To get started, simply call us at 734-954-0100, click the button below, or visit our Free Consultation page.
Our wrongful termination lawyers also offer Zoom consultations. If you are a victim of wrongful termination outside of Southeast Michigan and would prefer a discrimination lawyer closer to you, you should still contact us. If we believe you have a case, we will refer you to a wrongful termination lawyer in your area free of charge.
Our wrongful termination lawyers
james k. fett wrongful termination lawyer
Fett Law is led by wrongful termination lawyer James K. Fett. James graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1986 and has been representing victims of wrongful termination ever since. He has obtained multiple million-dollar results for his clients, and many of his cases have garnered national media attention.
James has been named as a Top Ten Most Outstanding Attorney by Michigan Lawyers Weekly, Lawyer of the Year by the Washtenaw Trial Lawyers Association, and been named as a Super Lawyer by Law & Politics Magazine. He obtained the second largest wrongful termination arbitration award in 2016.
You can learn more about James at Wrongful Termination Attorney James K. Fett.
FEATURED WRONGFUL TERMINATION CASEs
$1,572,626 Wrongful Termination Award
As appearing in MI Lawyers Weekly, this award was the second largest arbitration award in Michigan for the year 2016.
Our client, Daniel Arban, was hired as Vice President and General Manager of a company in Southwest Michigan pursuant to a five year employment agreement that provided for termination only for-cause. In the event of termination without just cause, the agreement provided for liquidated damages equal to the unpaid balance of the contract at $265,000 per year.
Daniel was terminated and the employer accused Daniel of various offenses in attempt to justify the wrongful termination. We were able to discredit these alleged offenses and therefore the arbitrators rejected these grounds as pretextual. As a result, the arbitrators found Daniel was wrongfully terminated and awarded him $1,572,626.
You can read more about the case at $1.572 Million Wrongful Termination Award.
$375,000 Wrongful Termination Against University of Michigan Medicine
ANN ARBOR – A lawsuit accusing the University of Michigan Health System of illegal, retaliatory firing of an administrator raised concerns over racial profiling at campus hospitals has been settled. Carmen Green, who is black, argued she was terminated for presenting hospital leadership with research indicating “UMHS staff disproportionately – 2.5 times more often – reach for the phone to call Security when confronted with Black visitors or patients that become emotional in UMHS emergency rooms, intensive care waiting rooms, surgical waiting rooms ….
You can read more about this case at: UM Settles Wrongful Termination Lawsuit (mlive.com)
Jury Awards Over $400k in Wrongful Termination Lawsuit
DEARBORN – A former 19th District Court probation officer was awarded more than $400,000 in lost wages and benefits following a civil lawsuit that ended June 3rd. In the lawsuit against the Court and Chief Judge Mark Somers, Simone Calvas, who Somers fired in 2007, claimed her dismissal was discriminatory, and that Somers did not have just cause when he fired her…
You can read more about this case at: Jury Awards $400k in Wrongful Termination Lawsuit
Learn more about whether you may have a claim for wrongful termination by visiting our Know Your Rights, Wrongful Termination page.
