Comprehensive labor and employment law counsel for employers

Eric Johnson focuses on employment law counseling and litigation in Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico state and federal courts. The many areas in which he helps employers includes creating and enforcing noncompetition and other restrictive covenant agreements, defending employers in judicial proceedings involving equal employment, wage and hour and other employment state and federal laws, planning for and defending reductions-in-force and business reorganizations, and advising on issues such as employee termination, discipline, harassment, investigations and compliance with various federal and state labor and employment laws.

Eric is the Phoenix office chair of the Labor & Employment Group.

Bar Admissions

• Arizona
• Nevada
• New Mexico

Education

• Indiana University Bloomington Maurer School of Law (J.D., 2000)

• The University of Arizona (B.A., 1996)

• "Developments in Non-Compete Law and What to Expect Ahead"
• "Employers Take a Fresh Look at the Workplace"
• "Returning to the Workplace: Employer & Employee Rights"
• Accessibility For the Disabled: Combatting the Cottage Industry of ADA Lawsuits
• Arizona Supreme Court Limits Preemptive Scope of Arizona Trade Secrets Act
• Arizona Voting Leave Law
• AZ Court of Appeals Finds Employee Confidentiality, Non-Competition, and Non-Solicitation Provisions Unenforceable
• Copying Your Attorney Isn’t Enough to Protect an Email from Disclosure
• Court Enjoins Key Federal Contractor “Blacklisting” Regulations; But Pay Transparency Obligations Will Be Effective January 1, 2017
• EEOC Files Two New Lawsuits Over Criminal Background Checks
• EEOC Proposes Compensation Report to Accompany EEO-1 Report
• Our View: 5 things all private employers should know about OSHA vaccination mandate
• Reductions in Force – Be Prepared Before a Recession Hits
• Susan Brichler Trujillo and Eric Johnson Write InBusiness Phoenix Article About How COVID Continues to Affect Businesses
• Swine Flu Preparations: CDC Issues New Guidelines For Employers

Seminar

• 13th Annual Specialized CLE for In-House Counsel
• 15th Annual Specialized CLE for In-House Counsel
• 16th Annual Specialized CLE for In House Counsel – June 30 Option
• 16th Annual Specialized CLE for In‑House Counsel
• Accessibility For the Disabled: Combatting the Cottage Industry of ADA Lawsuits
• Attention Government Contractors…2016 OFCCP Compliance Update
• Developments in Non-Compete Law and What to Expect Ahead
• Employment Law in 2021 as Pandemic Persists
• Phoenix Annual Labor & Employment Symposium
• Quarles' 17th Annual Specialized CLE for In‑House Counsel
• Reductions in Force - Be Prepared Before a Recession Hits