Karin Backstrom Email & Phone Number

3990 Old Town Avenue #C-107, San Diego, Ca 92110

Solving complex employer problems.Provide daily advice on collective bargaining, contract negotiation, employee discipline, employee leaves (including FMLA, CFRA, PDL, ADA, Worker's Comp, etc.), protecting trade secrets/proprietary information, business restructuring, downsizing or rightsizing, managing employee and executive performance, and a host of related issues. Draft employee handbooks, employment contracts, severance agreements, trade secret/proprietary information agreements,… Show more Solving complex employer problems.Provide daily advice on collective bargaining, contract negotiation, employee discipline, employee leaves (including FMLA, CFRA, PDL, ADA, Worker's Comp, etc.), protecting trade secrets/proprietary information, business restructuring, downsizing or rightsizing, managing employee and executive performance, and a host of related issues. Draft employee handbooks, employment contracts, severance agreements, trade secret/proprietary information agreements, buy-sell agreements, stock option agreements, REBA agreements, love contracts and other employment documents. Conduct sexual harassment and anti-bullying training. Develop and implement policies and provide training about state and federal anti-discrimination laws, wrongful termination, breach of contract, defamation, record keeping requirements, worker safety requirements, reasonable accommodation requirements, family and medical leaves, pregnancy disability, employee privacy, hiring and termination practices, personnel policies, collective bargaining obligations, workplace violence and wage and hour law, including complex classification, overtime, commissions, deductions, vacation pay and related issues.Defend employers in court and before a plethora of state and federal agencies including but not limited to DLSE, DOL, IWC, DFEH, EEOC, EDD, NLRB, OSHA, CALOSHA, and DIR. Show less

Greater San Diego Area

Solving employer problems. This includes protecting diverse employers through compliance and, when necessary, litigation before administrative agencies as well as state and federal courts. Drafting employee handbooks, employment contracts, severance agreements, trade secret/proprietary information agreements, buy-sell agreements, stock option agreements, REBA agreements, love contracts and other employment documents.Prepare cases for trial, including drafting joint disposition… Show more Solving employer problems. This includes protecting diverse employers through compliance and, when necessary, litigation before administrative agencies as well as state and federal courts. Drafting employee handbooks, employment contracts, severance agreements, trade secret/proprietary information agreements, buy-sell agreements, stock option agreements, REBA agreements, love contracts and other employment documents.Prepare cases for trial, including drafting joint disposition reports, jury instructions, motions in limine and voir dire questions, select and organize exhibits, and develop themes, opening statements and closing arguments. Advocate for clients at mediations, arbitrations, and settlement conferences. Strategically depose and defend percipient and expert witnesses. Factually and psychologically prepare key witnesses for deposition and cross-examination.Develop and implement policies and provide daily advice and training about state and federal anti-discrimination laws, wrongful termination, breach of contract, defamation, record keeping requirements, worker safety requirements, reasonable accommodation requirements, family and medical leaves, pregnancy disability, employee privacy, hiring and termination practices, personnel policies, collective bargaining obligations, workplace violence and wage and hour law, including complex classification, overtime, commissions, deductions, vacation pay and related issues. Show less

Developed employment law practice at state-wide Worker's Compensation Firm; developed deep understanding of the complex interaction between employment law and worker's compensation; created and conducted training seminars for risk managers on employment law compliance; defended employers in state and federal court as well as administrative agencies (OSHA, DFEH, EEOC, and Labor Commissioner).

Develop and implement policies and provide daily advice and training to managers, supervisors and employees about state and federal anti-discrimination laws, wrongful termination, breach of contract, defamation, record keeping requirements, worker safety requirements, reasonable accommodation requirements, family and medical leaves, pregnancy disability, employee privacy, hiring and termination practices, personnel policies, collective bargaining obligations, workplace violence and wage and… Show more Develop and implement policies and provide daily advice and training to managers, supervisors and employees about state and federal anti-discrimination laws, wrongful termination, breach of contract, defamation, record keeping requirements, worker safety requirements, reasonable accommodation requirements, family and medical leaves, pregnancy disability, employee privacy, hiring and termination practices, personnel policies, collective bargaining obligations, workplace violence and wage and hour law, including complex classification, overtime, commissions, deductions, vacation pay and related issues. Prepare and deliver quarterly seminars to human resources directors, in-house counsel and educators regarding developments in the law as well as education issues. Create and present multi-media presentations for a wide variety of audiences, including attorneys at the State Bar of California, Labor and Employment Section Annual Meeting and Bridgeport continuing education programs for attorneys.Independently conduct legal research and discovery, draft successful motions, including demurrers, motions for summary judgment, motions to strike, motions to dismiss and motions for class certification. Draft collective bargaining proposals and agreements. Draft and implement affirmative action plans, represent federal contractors before the OFCCP in affirmative action audits. Advise clients on implementation of reductions-in-force, including selection criteria, WARN Act compliance, and OWBPA and ADEA notices. Draft employee handbooks, proprietary information agreements, executive employment agreements, severance agreements, and related contracts. Analyze trial transcripts to locate appellate issues. Research and draft appellate briefs. Prepare and present appellate arguments. Show less

Ran employment law department of mid-size firm, marketing, collections, research and drafting legal documents and pleadings, advising employers on all aspects of employment relationship, wage and hour, OSHA, FMLA, anti-discrimination, affirmative action, etc.

legal research, draft pleadings and agreements, conduct depositions, mediations, arbitrations and the rare trial, administrative proceedings

research, research, and more research; draft pleadings, memoranda, appellate briefs, articles and various agreements, conduct trainings

draft appellate briefs, present oral arguments on behalf of criminal defendants, supervise panel attorneys

Analyze trial transcripts to locate appellate issues. Research and draft appellate opinions; observe oral arguments and advise Justice about specific cases.

Worked for Lorraine Spurge on private placements.

J.D. Cum Laude, Law

Activities and Societies: Students for Social Justice, Moot Court, Law Library Received American Jurisprudence Award for Real Property.

Ba, Sociology, Business

Activities and Societies: Sigma Kappa Sorority, Dean's Honor List