Employment Matters Counseling & Consulting, or EMC², is a small "boutique" firm that provides employment-related legal counseling services to a wide variety of clients for the full range of employment issues. EMC² has broad experience in advising individuals and companies of all sizes, from small start-ups to mature public corporations. EMC2 brings an efficient and practical, "real world" approach to problem solving — an approach calibrated to facilitate rather than to impede employment relationships.

Founded in 2002, EMC² prides itself on providing employment law services typically found at larger firms, at small firm rates. Our attorneys have extensive "big firm" experience gained through years of employment practice with California's largest and most prestigious law firms. This experience gives EMC² a sophistication and knowledge base in employment law not typically found at smaller firms.

With offices in Silicon Valley, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Orange County, EMC² offers its clients advice for the vast and complex array of legal issues implicated by the modern workplace. We work with company clients on all aspects of the employment relationship, including hiring, discipline and separation. EMC² performs independent workplace investigations, conducts training sessions on a variety of workplace topics, reviews handbooks and policies and provides preventive counseling. EMC² also works with companies to ensure legal compliance and to effectively address problem issues such as independent contractor relationships, trade secret matters, wage and hour classifications, poor work performance, employee complaints and reductions in force. Additionally, EMC² provides advice on employment issues that arise during corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, financings and public filings. EMC² also partners with other law firms wishing to augment their employment counseling practice or to engage a third-party firm.

In addition to working with company clients, EMC² advises individuals who need assistance in drafting, analyzing and negotiating employment and severance agreements.