Representative Experience
Advising and counseling employers on a wide range of employment matters under federal and state law, including employee termination and discipline, compliance with leave laws, reasonable accommodation, and wage and hour requirements
Analyzing and negotiating employment, severance, nonsolicitation, executive compensation, and other agreements
Advising clients regarding labor and employment issues presented in asset purchase agreements, mergers and acquisitions, and other corporate transactions
Representing clients in a variety of labor and employment matters in state and federal courts and in mediation, ranging from multi-million dollar wage and hour class actions to single-plaintiff employment discrimination and leave claims
Member of three-attorney trial team achieving unanimous jury verdict for the defendant on a disability discrimination claim by a long-term employee
Providing training for attorneys on harassment and discrimination prevention, and designing electronic harassment training modules for supervisors and employees
Prior Experience
Associate, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Los Angeles, CA
Associate, Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp LLP, Los Angeles, CA
Presentations
Conducted a telephone presentation for hundreds of human resources professionals and other business members addressing best practices for discipline and termination of employees engaging in unsafe practices, August 2007
Memberships
State Bar of California
Admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court, Central, Northern, and Eastern Districts of California, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Education
J.D., UCLA School of Law, 2003
- Order of the Coif
- Managing Editor/Essays Editor, Women’s Law Journal
- Moot Court
B.A. in Political Science, The University of British Columbia, 2000
