Added labor-relations capacity for your practice.
Law firms, HR consultancies, and labor-relations practices bring Meridian in when a matter needs an experienced negotiator or bargaining support and adding permanent staff doesn’t make sense.
When firms call Meridian.
Meridian works as an extension of your team, on the scope you set.
- A client’s negotiation overlaps with commitments your team already has.
- A client needs a chief negotiator, and your practice is built around litigation, compliance, or general HR.
- A long or complex negotiation needs an experienced second chair.
- Bargaining preparation, proposal drafting, or comparability research needs more hands.
- A grievance or arbitration needs preparation on the contract and bargaining history.
How an engagement works.
A defined scope, a clear role, and no surprises for you or your client.
Conflict check
You share the names of the parties. Meridian clears conflicts before the details of the matter are discussed.
Written scope
Role, deliverables, timeline, and fees are set in writing before work begins.
The work
Meridian works under your direction and within your client relationship, at the table, in preparation, or both.
Close-out
Work product, bargaining notes, and records are delivered to you when the engagement ends.
Your client stays your client.
Meridian does not solicit clients it meets through a firm engagement. The relationship, the credit, and the follow-on work remain with your firm.
Non-attorney role
Meridian is not a law firm. For law-firm engagements, Meridian works as a non-attorney labor-relations consultant under the firm’s direction.
Confidentiality
Client information stays within the engagement. Meridian’s conflict screening covers work for firms the same way it covers direct clients.
California coverage
Available for engagements throughout California, in person or by video.
Schedule a consultation.
Tell Meridian about the matter, the parties, and the timeline. The first step is a conflict check.
Schedule a consultation