L Eric Dowell

Practice Areas

Traditional Labor Relations, Employment Law, Litigation, Workplace Safety and Health, Unfair Competition and Trade Secrets, Higher Education, Disability Access, Leaves of Absence/Reasonable Accommodation

Career

Mr. Dowell is a Shareholder in the Phoenix office, and represents employers in both the private and public sector in the areas of labor and employment litigation and counseling. He assists employers on a wide variety of employment law matters involving employment discrimination, accommodating disabilities and family leave, sexual harassment, executive employment agreements, wrongful termination, employee training, investigation and discipline issues, workplace torts, personnel policies and manuals, corporate downsizing, trade secret/anti-piracy, non-compete agreements and unfair competition litigation and arbitration. He also handles matters with the EEOC, ACRD and OSHA.

Mr. Dowell also counsels employers on how to stay compliant with federal and state laws and avoid wrongful termination, harassment and discrimination lawsuits. Finally, Mr. Dowell represents public and private college and university clients ranging from large, proprietary universities and technical institutes to public and private brick and mortar institutions in discrimination and retaliation claims by faculty and students and matters related to satisfactory academic progress, breach of contract, False Claims Act and consumer fraud, student drug testing, and student grievances.

Mr. Dowell has written multiple articles on employment and business law and frequently speaks and trains on these topics as well.

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association

State Bar of Arizona

Board Member – SHRM Greater Phoenix Chapter