Jake Fulcher exclusively represents employers in all aspects of labor and employment law for a broad client base, including private and public employers. Fulcher believes in a proactive approach to labor and employee relations. Fulcher devotes much of his practice to daily client counseling, developing best practices, and providing management training on a variety of labor and employment-related topics. Fulcher also reviews and drafts employment contracts, consulting agreements, handbooks, non-compete/trade-secret agreements and severance packages.

Experience:

• Assists clients with labor and employment matters throughout the country.

• Defends allegations of wrongful discharge, discrimination, retaliation, sexual harassment, breach of contract, and a variety of other employment claims.

• Guides employers through non-compete cases, wage/hour investigations, class or collective actions, and workforce reductions and/or reorganizations.

• Represents clients at all levels of administrative proceedings, including matters before the EEOC, OSHA, the NLRB, and the DOL.

• Assists clients with their labor strategies, conducts union-free training and union-avoidance campaigns.

• Represents clients in labor arbitrations.

Business & Professional Affiliations:

• Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana, Chair, Employment Law Section

• Evansville Bar Association, Chair, Employment Law Section

• Indiana Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section

• American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section

• Society for Human Resource in Management (SHRM)

• Evansville Human Resources Association (EHRA)

Community/Civic Affiliations:

• Big Brothers/Big Sisters of the Ohio Valley(Director)

• Young Evansville Professionals Member

Honors & Awards:

• 2009 Indiana SuperLawyers - Rising Star

Publications and Seminar Presentations:

• Published in the Evansville Business Journal regarding the Employee Free Choice Act (2009).

• Frequent speaker to Human Resources groups, including the Evansville Area Human Resources Association

• A Survey of Cases Interpreting Indiana's Wage Payment and Wage Claims Statutes, Indiana Civil Litigation Review (2008)

• Electronic Discovery: New Federal Rules

• "Non-Compete Covenants and Trade Secrets," Evansville Bar Association

• Lorman Education Services, "Managing a Unionized Workforce in Indiana"

• "The Presidential Election - What if...from the Employer's Perspective," Evansville-Area Human Resources Association

• "Preserving E-evidence" (2007) Biz Voice Magazine

• Lorman Education Services, "Fair Labor Standards Act in Indiana"

• Recent lecturer for ICLEF seminar on the Americans with Disabilities Act

• NLRB Ruling on Union "Salting" Gives Employers Relief (2007) KDDK ADVANTAGE

• Supreme Court on Employer Retaliation (2006) KDDK ADVANTAGE

• Noteworthy NLRB Decisions (2005) KDDK ADVANTAGE