Partner in Employment Group, providing representation and defense for employers in federal and state litigation matters, as well as providing advice and counsel aimed to reduce the risk of litigation. I work with clients ranging from start-ups to Fortune 50 companies on all aspects of national and international employment law, including recruiting and hiring, leaves of absence, discipline and termination, workforce reductions, discrimination and harassment, reasonable accommodation, wage and hour compliance, and data privacy (including CPRA).

Recruited into role to build out the Employment Counsel practice. Served as Senior Employment Counsel for a range of clients including start-ups and Fortune 50 corporations. Provided business-oriented legal advice on all facets of employment law, including issues related to the Covid-19 pandemic, hiring, discrimination, harassment, wage and hour, disability accommodation, performance management, employee privacy, discipline, wrongful termination, protection of trade secrets, contingent worker relationships, and best preventive employment practices. Supervised 1 employment attorney and 3 litigation attorneys, and 1 admin. • Worked closely with senior managers, advising on legal developments and issues impacting client companies. • Clients included international software and social media giants, technology start-ups, an online marketplace for lodging, and multiple cutting-edge, well-known high-tech and disruptive businesses.• Provided leadership to companies in establishing and updating policies and procedures to address all employment issues - often in response to explosive growth – as a preventive measure against litigation and to resolve issues at the earliest stage possible. • Represented employers in state and federal administrative agencies and courts.• Resolved complex employment litigation through direct negotiation and mediation.• Generated a significant increase in employment law billables for the firm by developing the Employment practice.

𝘉𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘔𝘤𝘒𝘦𝘯𝘻𝘪𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 6,000 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺𝘴 𝘪𝘯 46 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦 $2.7𝘉.Lead and developed advice and counsel practice for North America, including providing business-oriented legal advice regarding labor and employment issues such as: hiring, expansion into the US, discrimination, harassment, disability accommodation, performance management, wage and hour, wrongful termination, employee privacy, protection of trade secrets, contingent worker relationships, and terminations, including RIFs. • Drafted and reviewed employment-related agreements, including executive employment, confidentiality, PIIA, severance, and restrictive covenants. • Monitored global, federal, state, and local legal developments and advised on compliance with same.• Reviewed and drafted company policies/procedures for compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘓𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺’𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 950+ 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜.𝘚. Provided advice and counsel to employers (from Fortune 50 to start-ups) on all facets of employment law, including employee discipline, and best preventive employment practices. • Worked closely with senior managers advising on legal developments and issues impacting the companies in their offices around the world. • Successfully represented employers in state and federal administrative agencies and courts throughout California regarding all areas of employment litigation, including wrongful termination, employment discrimination, and retaliation. • Resolved complex employment litigation through direct negotiation and mediation.

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘴 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦, 𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴.Provided strategic advice and counsel in relation to multiple lawsuits (including class-action) brought against world-wide companies regarding employment and FCPA-related issues.

I served as a contract Labor and Employment Counsel for 𝗦𝗲𝘆𝗳𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝘄, and as Interim Corporate Counsel in the International Employment Unit of 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲. 𝗦𝗲𝘆𝗳𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝘄 • Provided strategic advice and counsel to a range of Fortune 500 companies, including those in the hi-tech and financial industries, regarding complex labor and employment litigation in state and federal courts and agencies, and in relation to M&A due diligence. 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲• Provided advice and counsel to executive and senior levels of management regarding the full-range of employment matters throughout the United States, as well as Vietnam, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Ireland, and France, including hiring and terminating executive-level employees. • Prepared executive/other employment agreements, offer letters, non-compete and non-solicitation agreements. • Successfully managed significant employment and labor litigation, including bringing to closure complex settlements involving senior-level employees.

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮 𝘩𝘢𝘴 800 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺𝘴 𝘪𝘯 23 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦. Led a team of attorneys representing the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) in the complaints regarding Mortgage Backed Securities successfully brought against 17 large financial institutions which ultimately settled for over $9.3 billion.

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦, 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴. Successfully represented private employers, public agencies, including hospitals, universities, and individuals, in significant labor and employment litigation before Federal and State courts.• Counseled employers and individuals in the areas of labor relations, personnel and employment.

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪-𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 170+ 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴. Lead counsel to worldwide lines of business responsible for defending, supervising and managing employment and IP related claims and litigation, including managing outside counsel. • Worked closely with senior levels of business and legal teams throughout the world to resolve employment and labor law issues and IT contract issues.• Successfully closed multi-year (up to 10), multi-national (up to 25 different countries) IT deals with clients including the largest security firms in the world.