Keith W. Carlson is a founding partner of Carlson & Jayakumar LLP, where his practice concentrates on employment law, healthcare law, and related litigation. He specializes in providing counsel to clients with general employment issues for both professional and general corporations and large businesses, as well as employment and corporate issues specifically affecting the healthcare industry, making his firm the perfect fit for academic medical centers, health systems, hospitals, and healthcare providers of all sizes. His experience covers both state and federal courts and involves matters such as trade secrets, unfair competition, wage-and-hour claims, sexual harassment, race discrimination, disability discrimination, wrongful termination, business litigation, representation before licensing agencies, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and insurance audits. Time and again, his customized legal strategies save clients from the negative publicity of trial, as well as from millions of dollars in threatened liability.In addition to his litigation experience, Mr. Carlson regularly advises clients on contractual matters affecting professional employee compensation, specifically with respect to compliance with federal and state fraud-and-abuse laws. His combined legal acumen and engaging disposition make him a favored guest lecturer for healthcare institutions, professional associations, and universities, covering a diverse range of healthcare law, employment law, and political issues. Mr. Carlson is also involved in his community, Co-Founding and Chairing the Board of Trustees for Pacifica Christian High School, Orange County, and serving on the Board of the Claremont Institute. He is a member of both the Orange County Bar Association’s Labor and Employment, and Healthcare Sections, the National Association of Chiropractic Attorneys, and the California Society for Healthcare Attorneys.He previously served on both the Chapman and Whittier Law Schools, the Irvine Valley College Foundation, and the Santa Ana Unified School District’s Bond Oversight Committee. COURT ADMISSIONSAll California State CourtsUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitUnited States District Court for the Central District of CaliforniaEDUCATIONUCLA, School of Law, J.D.,1997UCLA, Bachelor of Arts, History and Political Science, magna cum laude, 1994Phi Beta Kappa; Chancellor’s Service Award for Excellence in Community ServiceGUEST LECTURER TOPICSPhysician Healthcare Law & RegulationsEmployment LawCompensation IssuesMulti-Specialty Practices