The Employment Team

Practical judgment across the workplace.

Avodah's lawyers understand that employment matters can be legal disputes, business decisions and personal turning points at the same time. The team brings experience with organizations, leadership, professionals and complex claims to each engagement.

Ben Johnson
Chair, Labor and Employment

Ben Johnson

Ben advises and represents businesses, executives, physicians and individuals in employment matters involving compliance, discrimination and retaliation, whistleblower issues, wage and hour questions, agreements, restrictive covenants and complex disputes. His experience across institutions and individuals helps clients understand both the legal issue and how the other side may see the decision.

Business + Executive CounselPhysician MattersWhistleblower + FCAWage + HourFederal + MSPBRestrictive Covenants
Aaron Siegrist
Employment Counsel and Litigator

Aaron Siegrist

Aaron works with employers and employees in matters involving wage and hour, accommodation, executive agreements and compensation, restrictive covenants, investigations and employment litigation. His experience supports both early advice and dispute strategy.

Matthias Kaseorg
Partner and Employment Litigator

Matthias Kaseorg

Matthias represents individuals and businesses in employment and civil disputes. His work includes discrimination and wage-and-hour matters, severance and employment-contract issues, state employee proceedings and professional-license matters before Virginia agencies.

Employment LitigationState EmployeesProfessional LicensingSeverance
Megan Smith
Associate and Employment Litigator

Megan Smith

Megan represents individuals and businesses in labor and employment matters involving discrimination, retaliation, wage-and-hour disputes and wrongful termination. She advises clients through administrative proceedings, pre-litigation strategy and litigation in state and federal courts.

DiscriminationRetaliationWage + HourEmployment Litigation
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Partner

Bret Daniel

Bret focuses on employment litigation, traditional labor matters and practical workplace counseling. He represents management in court, before administrative agencies and through labor matters involving union elections, collective bargaining and unfair labor practice charges.

Employment LitigationTraditional LaborEmployer Counseling

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