A trusted advisor to senior executives, HR professionals and front-line management, I am a problem solver known for my unwavering client focus, and for being able to quickly assess, explain, and offer business practical advice on a wide variety of complex legal issues.I have twenty years of employment law, labor law, and general litigation experience, preceded by substantial experience as an HR professional in both union and non-union environments. I led the global employment law and litigation functions for a multinational tech company headquartered in the Silicon Valley with offices throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia for nearly ten years.. AREAS OF EXPERTISE: Advising business leaders and HR professionals on all aspects of US and international employment law and regulatory compliance, policy development, discipline/terminations, diversity and inclusion programs, reductions in force, severance programs, incentive plans, wage-hour compliance, employee mobility and IP/ trade secret protection, data privacy matters and merger and acquisition integration. Advising employers on union organizing campaigns and election procedures, enforcement of terms of collective bargaining agreements, and representing them in various NLRB matters including unfair labor practice charges, arbitrations, and work stoppages/strikes. Investigating, managing investigations of, and training investigators on proper handling of all forms of internal complaints, including HR, Internal Audit, FCPA and whistleblower matters. Litigating, managing litigation of, and successfully resolving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, whistleblower and wrongful discharge cases, wage and hour class actions, commission, Equal Pay Act and Title IX cases, shareholder and derivative class actions, commercial, trade secret, intellectual property and patent infringement/non-practicing entity cases.
Listed skills include Litigation, Employment Law, Intellectual Property, Corporate Law, and 11 others.