Employment lawyer focusing on practical strategies to ensure equal employment opportunity (EEO), evaluate and remedy pay equity, meet affirmative action requirements, increase diversity, equity and inclusion, and comply with the United States Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) regulations and related state and federal laws.• Training and counseling regarding EEO best practices and compliance obligations.• Annual affirmative action plan preparation.• National OFCCP compliance review / audit defense.• Pay analyses to evaluate risks of and implement strategies to address potential race- and gender-based compensation (EEO pay analyses).• Analyses and counseling to increase diversity representation and mitigate risks while achieving diversity goals.• Counseling on and statistical analyses of employer recruiting processes and adverse impact/disparate impact in employer selection decisions (i.e. systemic discrimination). • Employment test validation.• Strategic counseling regarding systemic EEO investigations.

Recognized by Chambers and Partners USA (2017) as an "Associate to Watch," citing client descriptions as "fabulous", "very knowledgeable and detail oriented", and providing "high-quality work."Recognized by Chambers and Partners USA (2016) as an "Associate to Watch," citing client descriptions as "very analytically gifted."

Attorney in nationwide, complex litigation practice, involving issues that include non-competition agreements, trade secrets, intellectual property, patent law, oil and gas law, employment, and commercial disputes.• Extensive experience drafting motions and briefs for state and federal court, including summary judgment, trial, and appellate briefs in complex civil cases in California, Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, Washington, and nationwide arbitrations and mediations.• Researched novel, complicated legal issues and drafted legal memoranda and briefs in areas including employment law, civil procedure, contracts, torts, insurance coverage, oil and gas, and administrative law.• Worked with wide spectrum of expert witnesses on expert reports and witness disclosures. • Prepared fact, expert, and Rule 30(b)(6) witnesses for, and involved in, deposition discovery.