Welcome To Farleigh Wada Witt

Where smart trumps big

Farleigh Wada Witt was formed in 1981 with one purpose and a world of ambition. Our mission then was the same as it is today: To provide timely and effective legal service and guide clients to success in a competitive marketplace. We combine wisdom and creativity to solve client problems and use experience and technology to deliver insightful legal advice, in hours instead of weeks.

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News 6.25.2009
President Obama Signs Credit CARD Act of 2009
On May 22, 2009, President Obama signed into law the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 (the "Act"). The Act amends the Truth-in-Lending Act and Electronic Fund Transfer Act and contains significant changes to terms and disclosures provided by consumer credit cards and restrictions on gift cards. continued >>

Publication 6.1.2009
He Did What? You're Fired!
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbids retaliation against employees reporting discrimination. The Supreme Court recently ruled that protection extends to employees who don't initiate discrimination complaints but who divulge discrimination occurred when asked during an internal investigation of another employee's complaint. That’s according to the Supreme Court's unanimous decision in Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee, 129 S. Ct. 846 (2009). continued >>

Event 8.4.2009
National HR/Personnel Issues Credit Union Conference
Karen Saul will present a breakout session on preventing and correcting sexual harassment at the National Human Resource/Personnel Issues Credit Union Conference on August 4th in Connecticut. continued >>

LAW & ORDER: Fraudulent Intent

In addition to being a tough-as-nails commercial and consumer litigation attorney, Kathy Salyer is a certified fraud examiner trained to aid in the detection, investigation, and recovery of financial fraud. She has investigated fraud in its grand multitude of forms, ranging from simple theft to hidden asset transfers to complicated accounting schemes. Her targets are the usual suspects: accountants, brokers, car dealers, close relatives, lawyers, partners, spouses, and trusted employees. No matter how varied the scheme or sophisticated the culprit, each fraud had one thing in common: low perception of detection – the perpetrator thought they would never get caught. You should hear the stories …