Our Team helps employees get back to work and students get back to class
Committed to Neutrality
VM conducts high quality, impartial workplace assessments, investigations, and hearing officer services to help employers and campuses make well-informed decisions.
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Bigger than big law.
Unlike most law firms, our attorneys are exclusively committed to neutral investigative and client services. Because we are specialized our team provides a highly-focused, highly-educated We are thought-leaders and teachers in the ever-changing landscape of the world of investigations consistent with industry standards and local, state, and federal laws and regulations.
Guaranteed impartiality.
The Van Dermyden Makus Law Corporation is uniquely situated to act as third-party impartial investigators, unencumbered by any concerns about advocacy either for or against employers and employees. We view evidence in an objective manner and don’t have a stake in the outcome of investigations. This neutrality allows our clients to make sound business decisions upon which they can rely, knowing our process was neutral and fair and can withstand scrutiny.
Depth of experience.
Together, Senior Partners Sue Ann Van Dermyden and Eli Makus have over 50 years of legal experience, including over 30 years devoted exclusively to conducting investigations. They have conducted and overseen thousands of workplace and campus investigations, have been designated as expert witnesses, and lead a team of top-notch attorneys.
Van Dermyden Makus regularly conducts investigations involving all topics that occur in the workplace and on campus, including, but not limited to:
Assault
Improper Governmental Activities
Conflict of Interest
Sexual Assault
Substance Abuse
Theft
Threats of Violence
