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San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

Served as interim employment law and executive compensation in-house counsel to large commercial real estate company.

San Francisco Bay Area

Employment, Benefits & Compliance Attorney, San Francisco Bay Area, CA 2014 to PresentIn-house counsel providing advice and resolving complex contract, corporate, labor, employment, privacy, compliance and benefits law and executive compensation matters. Partner closely with and support HR, Finance and other functions. Provide training to employees at all levels throughout organizations and advise on a broad and deep range of matters, from conducting sensitive internal investigations to resolving disputes to drafting policies and complex, multi-jurisdictional plans. Typical engagements are long-term, full-time, onsite assignments. Clients have included:Through Axiom Legal:Panasonic Avionics (2022)Edwards Lifesciences (2020-2022)Panda Restaurant Group, Inc. (2020-2022)Voice LLC (2020-2022)Dentsu Aegis Network North America (2020-2022)Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. (2020) Sony Interactive Entertainment (10.2019-4.2020) Seattle Genetics (4.2019-9.2019)Talend (2.2019 to 4.2019)University of California, Office of the General Counsel (9.2017 to 12.2018)Electronic Arts Inc. (2.2017 to 4.2017)Google Inc. (5.2016 to 1.2017)Through Resources Global Professionals (RPG):Workday Inc. (2017)Stanford Health Through Paragon Legal Group:Splunk Inc. (10.2015 to 1.2016)Cisco Systems, Inc. (5.2015 to 10.2015)Logitech, Inc. (12.2013 to 3.2015)

San Francisco Bay Area

Paragon Legal is an innovative law firm providing senior attorneys on a project basis to the Fortune 500 and leading Bay Area companies. Assignments included:SPLUNK INC.--October 2015-January 2016. Provide employment, and benefits law advice, counseling and support to human resources and other corporate functions in the US and global locations. CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.--May 2015-October 2015. Provide labor, employment, and benefits law support to human resources and other corporate functions at US corporate headquarters and global locations, including employment disputes, mergers and acquisitions, and new policy proposals.LOGITECH INC.--December 2013--March 2015. Served as first in-house labor and employment counsel for public company, providing legal support to HR, US corporate headquarters and all operations in the Americas (including South America), EMEA, APAC on all aspects of labor, employment and benefits law, e.g., application of employment laws regarding discrimination and harassment (Title VII), protected leaves (FMLA, CFRA), disability accommodation (ADA), wage and hour rules (FLSA); employee hiring, discipline and termination; trade secret protection; and related litigation. Provided training to HR and corporate groups, i.e., facilities, internal audit, finance.

San Francisco Bay Area

Consultant, Legal and Regulatory Group, Resources Global Professionals (RGP)Provide consulting services to firm clients on complex health care matters, investigations and other issues.Principal, Law OfficeRepresent employers, executives, founders and board members in corporate, employment and benefits law matters, including litigation, advice and counseling, internal and government investigations, and employee benefits program design and compliance.Of Counsel, Saichek Law Firm, APCRepresent employers, executives, founders and board members in employment law, ERISA and compensation related matters, employee benefits program design and compliance, litigation; internal and government investigations,and advice and counseling.

San Francisco, California

Assistant General Counsel at $112+ billion Fortune 15 health care services company with over 42,000 employees and over 100 locations in the United States, Canada and overseas. Held responsibility for global labor, employment, immigration, and employee benefits law matters for McKesson Corporation and all subsidiaries. Managed group of attorneys that provided employment law advice to company’s various business units, and established goals for group that aligned with business goals of client groups. Provided employment and benefits law support on mergers and acquisitions. Oversaw or prepared responses to ERISA and equity plan claims and appeals as well as ERISA litigation. Generated and maintained restrictive covenant (“noncompete”) form agreements for all 50 states. Served as company's employee benefits and executive compensation subject matter expert and acted as legal adviser to Employee Benefits Management Committee. Provided advice on the strategic design and implementation of executive compensation plans and programs based on corporate philosophies and objectives, with a focus on improving financial and business performance.-- Negotiated, drafted and provided advice about compensation packages for individual executives, including offer letters, employment agreements, promotion documentation, retention strategies, terminations, severance pay and post-employment consulting arrangements. -- Collaborated with and provided direction to human resources, accounting, treasury and payroll functions on compensation, benefit and trust matters involving ERISA, the Internal Revenue Service, the US Department of Labor, and the Securities and Exchange Commission. -- Ensured compliance with tax, securities and relevant employment laws and reporting obligations related to executive and equity compensation, and advised on consequences of noncompliance (e.g., SEC clawbacks for Sarbanes-Oxley Act violations).

Oakland, California

Represented and advised office of the president and University of California campuses on various legal matters, including litigation, arbitration, collective bargaining, employee benefits, privacy, and labor and employment law. Responded to unfair labor practice charges and other union requests and demands. Served as first chair at formal administrative hearing regarding faculty termination. Conducted investigation regarding high-stakes employee whistle-blowing complaint. Represented University before California Public Employee Relations Board.

Menlo Park And San Francisco, California

Of Counsel with 700+attorney firm. Handled wide variety of matters for public and private technology and growth companies, including employment law matters, executive compensation matters, equity compensation plans, executive compensation, and related securities filings, disclosures and governance obligations, including:--executive employment, compensation and severance arrangements;--unfair competition, breach of restrictive covenants and duty of loyalty by former employees; --executive and broad-based equity and cash compensation plans;--compliance with Internal Revenue Code sections 409A and 162(m);--federal and state corporate and securities laws; and--impact of mergers and acquisitions.Represented individual executives, founders, board members and executive teams in compensation-related matters, including:--negotiation of individual executive employment packages, terms of employment, separation arrangements and consulting agreements; --restrictive covenants and noncompete issues in executive’s transition from one company to another;--determination of equity position in company; and--resolution of status in connection with merger & acquisition transactions.

San Francisco, California

Assistant General Counsel (last position held) at $112+ billion Fortune 15 health care services company with over 42,000 employees and over 100 locations in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia. Held responsibility for employment, labor and benefits law matters, including advising on employee terminations and layoffs; drafting separation agreements, employment agreements, and benefit plans, including executive compensation plans; and advising company on employment and benefits aspects of mergers and acquisitions. Provided solutions to complex ESOP issues related to $4,000,000,000 sale of PCS to Eli Lilly. Represented company in non-compete lawsuit by former employer of company executive. Successfully resolved EEOC glass ceiling audit and EEOC systemic unit investigation.

San Francisco, California

Provided legal advice to firm clients on executive compensation and employee benefits matters, including plan drafting and submission to U.S. Department of Labor. Handled negotiation of trust agreements. Advised on employee benefits aspects of mergers and acquisitions as well as ESOP issues.

Represented companies in employment and benefits law matters, including union elections, collective bargaining, wrongful termination litigation, employment tax issues, and employee benefits matters.

J.D., Law

Activities and Societies: Labor Moot Court; Extern, Minnesota Court of Appeal

B.A, Political Science, Criminal Justice Studies

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, Chair, Elections Commission