During his years working as corporate house counsel, Mr. Bartley handled countless employee relations matters. Thus, in 1986, when he left his secure high-level corporate position to return to private practice, it was logical for him to select wrongful termination as his then primary area of concentration. He proceeded to represent numerous individual and corporate clients on employment matters, including wrongful discharge in the at-will employment context.

Bartley Law Offices has successfully represented hundreds of individuals -- from chief executive officers, to vice presidents, to accountants, to sales reps -- in wrongful termination cases involving major corporations and government entities. Many of these cases have embraced claims of whistleblower retaliation. Many have entailed California Department of Fair Employment and Housing ("DFEH") and United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") claims of discrimination on the basis of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, medical condition, national origin, or religion. Most have entailed getting around "employment at will" language.

We on numerous occasions have pursued remedies available to California employees through California Government Code Section 12960, et seq. (the Fair Employment and Housing Act -- "FEHA"), California Labor Code Sections 203, 218.5, 970, 1050, 1102.5, and 1198.5, California Business & Professions Code Section 17200, and the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.