I am the Chair of the firm's Employment Law and Digital Media Practice Groups.I have considerable experience in handling virtually all aspects of the employer-employee relationship. Areas of concentration include: employment discrimination prevention and litigation; sexual harassment policy development and compliance; wage and hour compliance; independent contractor analysis and employee policy manual issues. I have defended against claims such as sexual harassment, age, race, national origin and disability discrimination for clients of all sizes. I also regularly advise employers on issues such as best practice employment policies, management of disability and leave related issues, reductions in force, terminations, restrictive covenants, hiring and separations from employment and performance management. Additionally, I am frequently a featured lecturer at programs offering CLE, CPE and HRCI credits on employment law topics ranging from wage and hour violations to reductions in force and issues arising under the Family and Medical Leave Act. I also regularly conduct management training for employers on a wide variety of employment law topics, including, workplace harassment, FMLA, ADA and wage and hour issues.In addition, I have considerable experience in the intellectual property field and advise clients in connection with trademark, copyright, licensing, privacy, Internet, domain name, unfair competition and trade secrecy issues. I have litigated intellectual property and complex commercial matters on behalf of national and regional clients in federal and state courts.