If you are looking for an employment lawyer who understands what you’re going through, you have come to the right place.
I offer “escape planning” to ensure your safe exit from a toxic workplace.
Are you…
Suffering from workplace abuse?
Being gaslit by your boss and / co-workers?
Feeling like people are talking behind your back?
Under investigation for something bogus?
Feeling like something is just “off”?
Worried you might get laid off or fired?
Being offered a paltry severance pay, or none at all?
Planning to leave your current position in the next few months?
You have rights and I can help you understand them.
I’m Michele Simon, an employment lawyer who understands what you’re going through — because I’ve been there myself.
After a long career in food advocacy, I experienced a severe form of workplace trauma and lost everything I built due to a smear campaign. If I were not an attorney, I may have walked away with nothing.
I specialize in covert abuse ….
Smear campaigns and workplace defamation
Psychological abuse, bullying, and gaslighting
Bogus investigations, ambush meetings with HR
Weaponizing of PIPs (performance improvement plan)
Moral injury — when your personal ethics collide with workplace practices
Mobbing: when co-workers gang up on you
Attempts to silence you / deep understanding of NDAs
I can help plan your exit either as your attorney in California, or as a strategic advisor in other states and around the world. I also offer media training and connections to make your story public.
I promise to….
Listen, really listen
Be honest about your options
Respect whatever path you take
Be in your corner no matter what
Remain available to you when you need me
Never, ever ghost you
Never advise you to agree to be silenced
Not take your business unless I can help you
Offer transparency and flexibility regarding my fees
Refer you to other lawyers more suited to your situation, if needed
My goal is to get you to safety, as quickly and efficiently as possible.