Eileen Kennedy Email & Phone Number

San Jose, California, United States

Using more than fifteen years of litigation experience, I successfully defend companies, executives and individual managers in employment-related and other business disputes. I have experience representing employers in federal and state courts in all stages of litigation, and before the California Labor Commissioner, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Department of Fair Employment and Housing.◆ Clients include companies in the food & beverage industry, senior care homes, the hospitality industry, property management businesses, medical and professional services as well as families who hire household companions and caretakers.◆ Legal compliance with federal and state employment laws and practices, including recruitment, hiring, employee/contractor classification, exempt/non-exempt status, compensation issues, leaves of absence, workplace accommodations, workplace privacy, discipline, and termination of employment.◆ Drafts employment agreements and employment policies and practices and trains managers and employees regarding prevention of unlawful harassment and discrimination.

Campbell, Ca

Contract inhouse attorney to companies such as AMD and IDT, providing managers and human resources staff with advice on U.S. employment laws and practices and overseeing compliance with international employment laws (including Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico) Contract attorney providing advice on federal and California employment laws and practices, including recruitment, hiring, proper worker classification, exempt/non-exempt status, compensation issues, leave issues, workplace accommodations, workplace privacy, discipline, and termination of employment.Contract attorney providing assistance with employment litigation and business disputes.Provide training on the Prevention of Harassment and Discrimination.Conduct workplace investigations.

San Jose, Ca

Manage and oversee compliance with international data privacy and protection laws; Counsel executives and human resources staff on US federal and state employment laws including recruitment, proper worker classification (employee vs. independent contractor), compensation, leaves of absence, workplace accommodations, performance assessment, discipline, reduction-in-force, and workplace privacy issues; Manage and oversee compliance with global employment requirements (including Canada, Malaysia, China, Taiwan, and Korea); Manage and oversee compliance with employment law requirements arising out of the Company’s acquisitions and divestitures; Review and revise human resources policies; Assist external counsel with the organization's employment law litigation and immigration issues; Provide training to IDT employees and executives on US federal and state anti-discrimination and harassment laws.

San Jose, Ca

Defended individual managers and wide variety of companies, from closely-held family owned businesses to large publicly-traded companies, in several industries, including semi-conductor, real estate, hospitality, and medical and professional businesses, in all stages of employment litigation; Advised business owners, executives, managers, human resources staff and in-house counsel on employment law issues, including recruitment, compensation, privacy issues, leaves of absence, discipline, performance issues, termination, and reductions-in-force; Drafted employment guidelines, policies and agreements, including compensation and pay practices, record retention, and affirmative action plans.

Buffalo, Ny

Buffalo, Ny

J.D., Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Buffalo Law Review, Publication Editor; Jessup International Moot Court Board Member

Ba, Cum Laude, Political Science