Leawood, Kan. – September 9, 2026: Rouse Frets White, P.C. is pleased to announce the addition of Sydney Paquette to the firm as a litigation attorney. She represents companies in their employment-related matters, advising them on compliance and dispute resolution. Sydney also has significant experience conducting workplace investigations, representing school districts and government agencies, and defending companies large and small against allegations of discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, and other violations of labor laws and regulations.
Sydney was a prosecutor for 17 years before entering private practice. She leverages her extensive courtroom experience to advocate for clients in litigation. Across her career, Sydney has litigated over 50 jury trials in state and federal court as a prosecutor and in private practice representing plaintiffs and defendants in civil employment matters. This experience allows clients to leverage an experienced courtroom attorney in employment and workplace matters as well as receiving representation in criminal related matters.
About the Employment and Workplace Practice Group: The law firm’s Employment and Workplace Practice Group attorneys have successfully represented companies in a wide range of employment and workplace matters, including advising on risk management, litigation avoidance, policies and protocols, compensation structures, contractual arrangements, corporate restructuring, employment separations, mergers and acquisition employment risks, preventative training, complex internal investigations, restrictive covenants, culture development, regulatory investigations, administrative actions, dispute resolution, crisis management, and advises on employment individual and class-action litigation.
About the firm’s Litigation Practice Group: The firm’s Litigation Practice Group attorneys have more than 250 years of combined trial and appellate court experience, including business-to-business cases, individual and business cases, simple two-party disputes, and complex class action cases. The Litigation Practice Group has collective experience in more than 40 states and in eight federal circuits, including more than 500 bench and jury trials.
About the firm: Rouse Frets White offers highly skilled lawyers in many practice areas with vast real-world experience. Our clients benefit from blue-ribbon talent unencumbered by mega firm business models.
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