About Us

The Jackson, Shields & Yeiser Law Firm was founded more than three decades ago, merging two law firms with more than 50 years of experience in handling employment and labor law cases.

The name of the law firm was later changed to Jackson, Shields, Yeiser, Holt, Owen and Bryant, adding James Holt, Jr., Debra Owen and Russ Bryant as name partners.

The firm focuses on employment and labor relations matters, routinely handling legal claims such as:

  • Racial harassment, discrimination, retaliation and termination charges and complaints
  • Sexual and Gender harassment, discrimination, retaliation and termination charges and complaints
  • Collective (Class) Action unpaid wages litigation
  • Tipped Employees unpaid side work wage lawsuits
  • Misclassified employees’ unpaid overtime litigation
  • Unpaid overtime and minimum wage violations
  • Age harassment, discrimination, retaliation and termination litigation charges and complaints
  • Disability harassment, discrimination, retaliation and termination charges and complaints
  • National Origin and Ethnicity harassment, discrimination, retaliation and termination charges and complaints
  • Equal Pay Violations
  • Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Violations
  • Violations of Constitutional Rights
  • Wrongful, Outrageous and Bad Faith Terminations
  • Breach of Employment Contract Litigation
  • Negligence in the Workplace Litigation
  • Whistleblower Litigation
  • Jury Duty Violations
  • Related Workplace Litigation

With knowledge and experience acquired over more than four decades, we continue to represent a diverse group of clients.

We continue to lead the field in terms of authoring books, articles and other published materials on employment and labor law as well as on other workplace topics

The firm has earned the highest AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. Members of our firm have authored leading texts and significant articles in well-known publications on subjects within the firm’s practice areas, and are listed in the Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers in America directories.