A non-compete agreement restricts your ability to work in your field and are designed to protect employers from facing a disadvantage from an employee leaving the company and then using its business strategies, client lists, technologies, or other information they claim as trade secrets, to compete against them in the marketplace. Non-competition agreements can prevent former employees from working for competitors and starting their own businesses.

Whether you are considering signing a non-compete agreement, have already signed on and are maybe thinking of leaving the job, or are in a dispute over one, solid legal advice can help you understand the effect of the agreement and your legal options and give you a better foundation upon which to decide how to proceed.