Elizabeth Wylie

Owner/Attorney

Expert Overview

Gateway Counsel LLC

Practice States and Other Jurisdictions:
Colorado
Texas

Practice Description

There are many providers of legal services, but very few combine exceptional legal services with a fee structure that puts the clients’ needs first. Elizabeth Wylie founded Gateway Counsel with an eye toward what she saw as a need shared by many employers but underserved in the market—the need to have an employment attorney who understands the business operations, goals and culture of the client and provides high quality legal solutions without the overhead or hurdles of “big law.” Gateway Counsel provides this to its clients by offering an annual flat fee rate structure that includes up to 20 hours of legal consultation. The annual flat fee structure allows clients to more accurately predict legal expenses, obtain legal advice earlier and more often, and optimize opportunities for strategic compliance instead of conducting damage control.

Gateway Counsel also offers legal services for an hourly fee, which may be preferred by some clients and utilized by flat fee clients for services that are outside the scope of the flat fee rate structure.

Attorney Biography

While Elizabeth’s experience is broad, she specializes in advising employers on most aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including:

• claims of discrimination and harassment
• wage and hour violations
• retaliatory discharge
• disability and family leave issues
• whistleblower claims and protections
• wrongful termination
• employment contracts and separation agreements
• responding to workplace complaints and conducting internal investigations.

In addition, she advises executives and managers in matters relating to restrictive covenant agreements, internal investigations, employment agreements, and separation agreements.

Elizabeth is a practical problem-solver. When representing businesses, she understands that good corporate employment practices start with a legal strategy that is closely aligned with operational goals, implementing policies, programs and solutions designed to maximize and retain talent in a highly competitive labor market. When working with executives, she combines her years of experience negotiating and drafting employment and separation agreements with a pragmatic approach driven by client-identified goals.

Elizabeth invests in her clients by cultivating long-term relationships and knowing her clients’ businesses. This positions her to better understand the workplace issues her clients confront and to respond to their needs with customized, practical solutions.

Practice Areas

Employment law; arbitration; mediation; internal investigations, pre-litigation civil disputes and contract matters.

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