Haley A. Harrigan
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Haley’s employment practice encompasses discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, wage-and-hour disputes, worker classification, employment agreements, executive departures, workplace investigations, and restrictive covenants. She has particular experience representing employers and businesses in disputes involving non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, trade secrets, confidential information, customer relationships, and unfair competition. Haley regularly counsels businesses on the drafting, enforceability, and strategic use of restrictive covenants and represents clients in litigation seeking to enforce or defend those protections.

Haley represents employers in state and federal courts, arbitration, mediation, and before administrative agencies, including matters involving Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, wage-and-hour laws, and other federal and state employment statutes. She has successfully defended companies against claims involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, wage-and-hour violations, and other employment-related claims. Her litigation experience allows her to advise employers not only on what the law permits, but on how employment decisions are likely to be scrutinized if challenged in litigation.

Haley also serves as a strategic employment-law partner to a number of Fortune 500 companies and other large employers, helping organizations avoid, minimize, and manage exposure to wage-and-hour and other employment-related risk. She advises clients on worker classification, compensation practices, employment policies, hiring and termination decisions, employee discipline, and other workforce issues, with a focus on identifying potential exposure before it develops into costly litigation or regulatory action.

In addition to her employment practice, Haley maintains a substantial business litigation practice representing companies, business owners, executives, and individuals in complex commercial disputes, including breach of contract, business torts, trade secrets, restrictive covenants, ownership and management disputes, product liability, and other complex civil claims. Haley’s employment and business litigation practices frequently intersect, particularly in disputes involving departing employees, restrictive covenants, trade secrets, confidential information, customer relationships, and alleged unfair competition. Her experience allows her to approach these disputes from both an employment and broader business perspective, developing strategies designed to protect not only the client’s legal position, but also its operations, relationships, and long-term business interests.

Haley is a frequent author and commentator on employment and business issues. Her commentary has appeared in The Washington Times, Phoenix Business Journal, HR.com, and other business and legal publications, addressing topics including artificial intelligence in hiring, worker classification, wage-and-hour compliance, restrictive covenants, and emerging employment-law issues.

Haley has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® for Commercial Litigation, Employment Law – Management, and Litigation – Labor and Employment. She was named a 2026 Phoenix Business Journal 40 Under 40 honoree and has also been recognized as an Arizona Most Influential Women in Business and an Outstanding Woman in Business, and has received additional recognition for her professional and community leadership.