Other Areas

 Employment Law

Employment law covers a complex network of laws that controls how employers must treat employees, former employees, and applicants for employment. Knowles & Sullivan, LLC, has significant experience in interpreting and construing state and federal statutes and case law in areas such as employment discrimination, sexual harassment, wrongful discharge including retaliatory discharge, employment contracts, age discrimination, the Americans With Disabilities Act, the Family Medical Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, wage and hour, and successfully representing employers in Northeast Alabama.

Education Law

The attorneys of Knowles & Sullivan, LLC, advise and represent boards of education and educational entities, both public and private, in all areas of education law. The firm serves as general counsel for the Gadsden City Board of Education as well as Westbrook Christian School. Both Christie D. Knowles and Joshua B. Sullivan have represented numerous boards and educational entities in education-related matters and litigation.

Motor Vehicle Accidents

Serious car and other motor vehicle accidents require the guidance of an experienced attorney. Knowles & Sullivan, LLC works with physicians and other health care providers to assess and review all the short and long-term medical aspects of each case. Our detailed understanding of Alabama's automobile, insurance and liability laws means we understand the various theories of liability that enable victims to collect from the parties who caused them harm.

Family & Divorce Law

Knowles & Sullivan, LLC, helps our client with a full range of Family Law issues on the trial and appellate level. We provide representation for:

  • Divorce

  • Child Custody, Visitation and Support

  • Adoption

  • Alimony and Spousal Maintenance

  • Modification of Previous Orders and Awards

  • Prenuptial/Premarital Agreements

  • Paternity

  • Restraining and Protective Orders.

We believe that all of these matters should be handled quickly, painlessly, and economically.

Labor Law

Knowles & Sullivan, LLC, has a well-established reputation for successfully defending employers against union and employee initiated lawsuits and unfair labor practice charges, for litigating to halt unlawful picketing, secondary boycotts and labor violence, and for representing employers at the collective bargaining table, before the NLRB and in arbitration. We represent privately held businesses, local and national corporations, healthcare facilities, non-profit institutions, and governmental employers before state and federal courts and administrative agencies across the country.