Croson, Taub, & Michaels, PLLC

Croson, Taub, & Michaels, PLLC is a Michigan employment law and civil rights firm serving Metro Detroit and Lansing. Founded by Marine Corps veteran Charlotte Croson, a Super Lawyer in employment law, the firm represents workers facing discrimination, retaliation, wage violations, and constitutional rights breaches, with particular expertise in federal employees and military veterans.

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Croson, Taub, & Michaels, PLLC is a Michigan employment law and civil rights firm dedicated to protecting workers' rights and advancing the labor movement. Based in Ann Arbor and serving the Metro Detroit and Lansing regions, the firm brings seasoned advocacy to employees and citizens whose employment or civil rights have been violated.

Charlotte Croson, the firm's founder and principal attorney, concentrates her practice on employment law and civil rights violations. A Marine Corps veteran, she brings a distinctive perspective to her work, particularly in representing federal employees and military veterans asserting their rights. Her experience spans constitutional violations including free speech and due process infringements, whistleblowing and retaliation claims, family medical leave disputes, wage and hour violations, and discrimination and harassment based on sex, sexual orientation, race, age, disability, national origin, weight, and pregnancy. She also advises clients on workplace safety and reporting laws, negotiates severance agreements, and handles contract disputes involving non-compete provisions.

Croson's client base reflects the breadth of her practice—from highly compensated executives and middle managers to state and federal employees to hourly wage earners. Her approach is grounded in straightforward counsel and honest assessment. Before establishing her current firm, she was a senior attorney at Nacht Law and a partner at Bogas, Koncius, & Croson, P.C. She began her legal career as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Pamela R. Harwood in Wayne County Circuit Court and the Honorable Marianne O. Battani in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

A graduate of Goucher College and the University of Michigan Law School, where she earned honors and membership in Phi Beta Kappa, Croson is admitted to practice in Michigan and Maryland. She holds "Super Lawyer" designation in employment law. Her appellate practice is robust; she has litigated, negotiated, and settled a wide array of employment disputes, and she represents clients seeking to protect jury verdicts or overturn wrongful dismissals of claims. She has argued before the Michigan Court of Appeals and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on significant civil rights issues and has authored a Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the United States Supreme Court defending governmental employees' free speech rights.

Croson is deeply engaged in the legal community and civil rights advocacy. She serves as co-chair of the LGBTQ Section of the Washtenaw County Bar Association and is a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association, the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan, the Michigan Association for Justice, and the State Bar of Michigan's Diversity and Inclusion Committee. She has authored and co-authored amicus curiae briefs to the Michigan Supreme Court on critical employment law issues, published extensively on federal employee rights, sexual orientation discrimination, family responsibilities discrimination, and age discrimination, and volunteered with SafeHouse, the Washtenaw Food Policy Council, and the National Lawyers Guild.

Overview compiled from the firm's website