Whether you are an employee who wants to know your rights or an employer who wants to do the right thing, Burgess Sharp & Golden will guide you to the right answer. Our attorneys are on the cutting edge of the rapidly changing issues in employment, business and labor law. We provide clients with assertive, creative, and exceptional representation whatever the legal issue may be. Our firm has 25 ye
ars of historical ties to Macomb County but we represent clients throughout the State of Michigan and beyond. Our attorneys are active in important organizations like the National Employment Lawyers Association, Michigan Association for Justice, Macomb County Bar Association, and Labor & Employment Section of the State Bar of Michigan to advocate for labor and employment interests which make a difference in our clients’ lives. We have represented and continue to represent clients in the Eastern and Western Districts of the U.S. Federal District Court of Michigan, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, the Michigan Supreme Court, the Michigan Court of Appeals, the Circuit Courts in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, St. Clair, Sanilac, Genesee, Calhoun, Kent, Ingham, Marquette, Washtenaw, and Lapeer counties, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Michigan Department of Civil Rights, the Michigan Employment Relations Commission, the Michigan Civil Service Commission, the Merit Systems Protect Board and the Unemployment Insurance Agency. (Attorney Heidi Sharp is currently in the process of being licensed to practice in the State of Florida and all attorneys at Burgess Sharp & Golden are willing to work in other states where applicable.)
