PRACTICE AREAS
CLEMENTS & SWEET lawyers in Atlanta, Georgia, provide quality legal services in the areas of:
Professional Licensing & Liability
Whistleblower/Qui Tam Litigation
CLEMENTS & SWEET, PC is an AV-Rated law firm (Martindale-Hubbell). Our attorneys are experienced and knowledgeable with credibility and respect in the legal community. We will strive to understand your legal dispute, earn your confidence, work in your best interests, and obtain for you the best results.
Please click on the corresponding practice area to learn more about the nature of our client representation:
Workers Compensation Law
CLEMENTS & SWEET practices workers compensation law and represents only employees, workers, and other laborers injured on the job. We are experienced in administrative and court proceedings involving workers. We advance all costs for workers compensation cases and we are only paid statutory fees if we are successful in obtaining you compensation for your on-the-job injury. We have attorneys who can speak Spanish and Gujerati. Please call us for an appointment and let us help you get your workers compensation benefits.
Our firm regularly handles workers rights' cases involving employees, injured and disabled workers, and former employees. We have significant experience in handling litigation regarding WORKERS COMPENSATION LAW FOR INJURED WORKERS, employment discrimination, sexual harassment, employee pensions and benefits, whistleblower litigation, wrongful discharge, employment contracts, the Americans With Disabilities Act, the Family & Medical Leave Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, and laws governing city, county, and state government employment.
Our Workers Compensation practice is dedicated to representing only employees, workers, and other laborers injured on-the-job.
Our law firm is one of the preeminent education law firms in Georgia. We represent educators and other school personnel in K-12 and Higher Education, both in public and private educational institutions. We represent students in special education cases under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). We also represent students charged with disciplinary offenses leading to expulsion and suspension.
A. Educators and Other Public School Personnel
Our attorneys have represented 1,000's of teachers, administrators, bus drivers, food service workers, paraprofessionals, and other public school employees in defense of their employment, including contract disputes and tenure due process hearings, state and federal court trials and appeals involving terminations, nonrenewals, suspensions, demotions, employment discrimination, and 1st Amendment rights. We also represent certificated educators in certificate licensing and disciplinary actions brouht by the Professional Standards Commissions (PSC) and held before the Office of State Administrative Hearings. We represent both K-12 and College and University Higher Education faculty employed by public and private educational institutions. These matters also involve labor relations, pension & benefits, class action lawsuits, wage and hour claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act, Whistleblower Act claims, and all other types of employment claims.
B. Student Disciplinary Actions of Expulsion/Suspension
We represent students facing disciplinary actions in hearings before administrative hearing officers or tribunals, review by the local school board, and in appeals to the Georgia Board of Education, and the Superior Courts.
Professional Licensing & Liability
Our professional licensing and liability practice focuses on defending professionals in certificate/licensing disputes before state licensing boards that have filed disciplinary charges leading to suspension or revocation of the professional certificate/license. Kramer & Patel attorneys have handled hundreds of certificate/license defense cases for certificated educators, licensed paraprofessionals, other public school employees in cases brought by the Professional Standards Commission, litigated before the Office of State Administrative Hearings, and appealed to the Superior Court and Georgia Court of Appeals and Supreme Court. Kramer & Patel attorneys will also represent physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, and professional counselors in defense of their professional licenses brought by the Georgia Composite State Board of Medical Examiners through administrative hearing and all appeals.
Whistleblower/Qui Tam Litigation
Our attorneys brought one of the first Georgia Whistleblower Act lawsuits against Kennesaw State University and the Regents University System of Georgia on behalf of a Higher Education faculty member. Partner Michael E. Kramer, Esq., was instrumental in drafting amended provisions to the Act passed by the Georgia General Assembly in 2004, providing for backpay and compensatory damages for state employees retaliated against for reporting violations of local, state, and federal law. Federal "Qui Tam" claims brought under the False Claims Act are designed to punish entities that defraud the federal government and also monetarily reward individuals who act as whistleblowers in disclosing and initiating legal action to prosecute the fraud.
If you have questions or concerns, or want to make an appointment, Contact us today for your free workers compensation consultation. We are available evenings and weekends by appointment.
CLEMENTS & SWEET
175 Trinity Avenue, SW
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: 404-688-6700; Fax: 404-688-5912
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Website: http://www.kramerpatel.com/