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Kirkland, Wa, Us

San Francisco, Ca, Us

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Represented employers and management in employment-related matters including agency charges and litigation, and advised employers and management on compliance with state and federal employment laws and regulations.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Defended employers against claims and charges of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wrongful termination in state and federal court and before state and federal agencies, and regularly litigated issues involving trade secrets and non-competition agreements. Advised businesses on employment matters including training management and HR, handbook drafting and updates, policy updates, employment and severance agreements, cannabis issues, and internal investigations. Expertise includes counselling, internal investigations, pre-litigation negotiation and investigation, case management, insurance coverage issues and management, discovery, motion practice, and trials.

Represented employers in large-scale wage-and-hour and discrimination class actions and single-plaintiff employment discrimination, wage-and-hour actions, and agency charges. Conducted employment-related internal investigations. Solely responsible for single-plaintiff employment litigation and agency charge work including planning and conducting investigations, managing client relations and insurance carriers, establishing strategy, motion practice, discovery, drafting settlement agreements, mediations and arbitrations. Advised employers including training, handbooks, policy updates, employment and severance agreements.

Santa Monica, Ca, Us

Represented businesses in commercial litigation, consumer protection litigation, employment litigation, and intellectual property litigation. Counseled clients on employment matters including negotiating employment and investment agreements, severance, termination, and handbook and policy updates. Clients included established and start-up technology and internet companies, marketing and analytics companies, technology executives, and venture capital groups. Clients based in the United States, Canada, Israel, Singapore, UAE, and Costa Rica. Representative experience includes:• Defended large marketing and data analytics company in defense of complex commercial dispute. After selling certain assets, the seller sued the purchaser for release of a withheld portionof the purchase price despite failing to secure a favorable result in pending patent dispute with athird party. The purchaser brought counterclaims for failure to transfer certain necessary permitsand for delivering domain names that violated the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act.After purchaser’s successful summary judgment motion and defeat of seller’s competing motion,the seller dismissed all remaining claims for no payment.• Defeated class certification in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act putative class action. Theplaintiff sued on behalf of a putative class of consumers against a large nationalchain, alleging mass illegal text messaging and claiming $55,000,000 in damages. The plaintiffvoluntarily dismissed the case, with no payment.• Represented investment trust and founding executives of an acquired technology startup in a dispute against the parent company involving breach contract claims, complex earn-outcompensation issues, and wage and wrongful termination claims. Settled after one day of trial.

Contract counsel for law firms and in-house legal departments on employment and commercial matters including motion writing, legal research, pleadings, conducting all manner of discovery, taking and defending depositions, and court appearances.

Irvine, Us

Contract counsel for law firms and in-house legal departments on employment and commercial matters including motion writing, legal research, pleadings, conducting all manner of discovery, taking and defending depositions, and court appearances.

Represented employers in a variety of employment disputes including wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, wage-and-hour matters, and trade secret disputes. Drafted employment and severance agreements, counseled employers regarding policies and procedures, drafted employee handbooks, and conducted training for Human Resources personnel.

San Diego, Ca, Us

Represented businesses in wrongful termination and discrimination litigation, trade secret misappropriation, contract disputes, trademark protection and ligation, and small-scale mergers and acquisitions. Drafted asset purchase agreements, employment and severance agreements, and employee handbooks, counseled employers regarding policies and procedures, and conducted training for Human Resources personnel.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Represented businesses in complex commercial litigation, intellectual property litigation, securities litigation, and internal corporate investigations. Substantial level of responsibility in both large and small cases, including:• Represented Fortune 500 wireless telecommunications company in large-scale patent, licensing, and consumer class-action lawsuits alleging antitrust violations and unfair competition. Responsibilities included: employee interviews; preparing witnesses for deposition and trial; defending depositions; managing e-discovery and all domestic and foreign depositions; assisting with internal team management, workflow, and budgeting; and drafting successful motions to dismiss and other significant motions.• Acted as second-chair in the representation of a leading worldwide spirits brand distributor in an international arbitration of a contractual dispute involving import and distribution rights. Drafted voluminous arbitration briefs and conducted associated legal research; collected and prepared evidence for use in briefing and at hearings; prepared client witnesses for hearings; and acted as co-counsel in arbitration before an international panel in a foreign country.• Represented a former Big 5 accounting firm partner in successful defense at criminal trial involving U.S. Attorney's allegations of conspiracy, securities fraud, and wire fraud. As a member of a small trial team, drafted various pre-trial and trial motions; prepared witnesses for government interviews and trial; and prepared trial outlines and exhibits.

Reston, Va, Us

Assisted in-house attorneys for this Fortune 500 technology company in employment, mergers and acquisitions, securities and intellectual property matters. Duties included: assisting in preparation of employment and complex contract litigation; conducting due diligence on acquisition targets; assisting with licensing transactions and review of IP counseling materials for scientists/technologists; preparing closing documents for acquisitions and several large financing transactions; performing legal research; and drafting memoranda, correspondence, and presentation materials for in-house attorneys and executives.

J.D, Law

B.A, English Literature