Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Year Joined Organization: 1977

Lawyer Overview

• Representation of employers in all areas of labor and employment law, including serving as lead counsel in numerous employment discrimination, whistle blower, and wrongful termination cases, labor arbitrations, National Labor Relations Board hearings, and other administrative proceedings.



• Serving as lead counsel defending multiple employers in wage and hour and employment discrimination actions.



• Chief negotiator in numerous private and public sector collective bargaining negotiations.



• Representation of multi-employer Taft-Hartley Benefit Plans.



• Representation of and advising employers regarding ERISA issues.

Areas of Practice

• Labor & Employment

West Practice Categories

Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Labor Law, Litigation & Appeals

Bar Admissions

• California, 1977
• U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1977
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
• U.S. Supreme Court

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association (Member)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1989 - 1990 (Member, Executive Committee, Labor Law Section)
• MS&K (Chair, Labor and Employment Department)
• MS&K (Member, Governing Board)
• MS&K, 1991 - 1997 (Former Managing Partner)
• MS&K (Former Member, Executive Committee)

Education

• Stanford Law School, Stanford, California, 1977
  J.D.
  Honors: Order of the Coif
• University of California, Irvine, California, 1974
  B.A.
  Honors: magna cum laude
  Honors: Phi Beta Kappa

Address

11377 West Olympic Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90064

Phones

(310) 312-3140

Faxes

(310) 312-3787

Emails

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Websites

http://www.msk.com