{"id":11,"date":"2021-11-01T18:53:31","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T18:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnreckenbeillaw.com.php73-40.lan3-1.websitetestlink.com\/blog\/?p=11"},"modified":"2021-11-05T18:12:45","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T18:12:45","slug":"about-the-firm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnreckenbeillaw.com\/blog\/about-the-firm\/","title":{"rendered":"About The Firm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Law Office of John G. Reckenbeil, LLC is a boutique employment and labor law firm that has provided legal services to residents throughout South Carolina for over 16 years. Our firm is large enough to handle complex issues within a sizeable corporation but small enough to continue consulting with all our clients on a personal level. Since our inception in 2006, we have successfully represented both employees and employers in all aspects of the employment arena. This representation has provided us a 360 degree understanding of employment relationships and practices. It is this understanding and experience that gives our firm the advantage. Our firm prides itself on our integrity and work ethic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Litigation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Terry Gosnell vs. Echostar<\/em>\n<ol>\n<li>Verdict in favor of Mr. Gosnell<\/li>\n<li>Ruled his former employer did not provide him a reasonable accommodation due to his disability and terminated his employment improperly<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><em>Haley Manley vs. Laurens County Sheriff Office<\/em>\n<ol>\n<li>Obtained favorable settlement in which Ms. Manley alleged to be forced to resign her employment because she would not have an abortion.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><em>Jesse Harris vs. Hartness International<\/em>\n<ol>\n<li>Judgment in favor of Mr. Harris where his employer terminated his employment in violation of Mr. Harris\u2019s religious beliefs.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><em>April Watt vs. Racetrack Petroleum<\/em>\n<ol>\n<li>Judgment in favor of Ms. Watt, where her employer terminated her because she was pregnant, in violation of the Family Medical Leave Act.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><em>State of South Carolina vs. Fred Dawkins Burgess<\/em>\n<ol>\n<li>Not guilty verdict, whereby Mr. Reckenbeil represented Mr. Burgess\u2019s standing trial accused of murder.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><em>State of South Carolina vs. Andres Tores<\/em>\n<ol>\n<li>Mr. Reckenbeil was 2nd chair in Death Penalty case for the Defense.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Important Websites:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sccourts.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">S.C. Judicial Department<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eeoc.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dol.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Department of Labor<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Law Office of John G. Reckenbeil, LLC is a boutique employment and labor law firm that has provided legal services to residents throughout South Carolina for over 16 years. Our firm is large enough to handle complex issues within a sizeable corporation but small enough to continue consulting with all our clients on a&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnreckenbeillaw.com\/blog\/about-the-firm\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About The Firm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnreckenbeillaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnreckenbeillaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnreckenbeillaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnreckenbeillaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnreckenbeillaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnreckenbeillaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnreckenbeillaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11\/revisions\/15"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnreckenbeillaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnreckenbeillaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnreckenbeillaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}