Where do I find an executive law attorney?

11. Where do I find an executive law attorney?

Frankly, it may be hard.

That's true for several reasons.

First, lawyers have historically represented either employers or employees. Most management-side employment lawyers refuse to represent individuals, even if they are high-level executives.

And, so-called "plaintiffs' lawyers" represent employees on a contingency fee basis and may be inclined to push an executive into litigation. Most executives, however, are primarily interested in obtaining a fair deal from their former employer and then moving on to a new situation.

Most executives are legitimately concerned about how they will be perceived in the business community if they have sued a former employer.

Over the last five years, the demand for executives has grown exponentially, resulting in more and more executives on the move from one employment situation to another. Each of these executives needs the help of an executive law attorney when transitioning out of old, and into new, employment. These executives are most often left to find an attorney who can represent their interests by asking around among trusted friends and advisors. Most lawyer referral services and bar association directories do not even list "executive law" as a category of law practice.

So, executives have often been left out in the cold.

Only a relative handful of employment-law practitioners have welcomed the representation of executives. Even fewer have sufficient experience to be classified as executive law attorneys.

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