Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Year Joined Organization: 1975

Lawyer Overview

• Representation of management in all aspects of labor relations including union avoidance and related practice before the National Labor Relations Board



• Chief spokesperson in collective bargaining



• Lead counsel in labor arbitrations and state and federal court litigation, such as §301 actions



• Advice and counsel and lead trial lawyer on behalf of management in state and federal court concerning sexual harassment and other employment discrimination claims, wage and hour law, wrongful termination, invasion of privacy and other emerging torts, contractual and statutory principles pertaining to employment

Areas of Practice

• Labor & Employment

West Practice Categories

Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Labor Law

Bar Admissions

• California, 1975
• U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1975

Professional Associations and Memberships

• California Labor Letter, 1992 - Present (Editor)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association, Labor Law Section, 1983 - 1989 (Member, Executive Committee)
• American Bar Association, 1978 (Member, Discrimination Committee)
• American Hospital Association, 1983 - 1993 (Member, Labor Relations Advisory Committee)
• MS&K, 1998 - Present (Managing Partner)
• MS&K, 1993 - 1998 (Chair, Labor and Employment Department)

Honors and Awards

• Listed, North American Directory of Who's Who
• Named as one of the top Women Attorneys of 1998, Los Angeles Business Journal

Classes and Seminars

• Lecturer, labor and employment law topics, American Bar Association
• Lecturer, labor and employment law topics, American Arbitration Association
• Lecturer, labor and employment law topics, American Hospital Association
• Lecturer, labor and employment law topics, Bureau of National Affairs
• Lecturer, labor and employment law topics, National Business Institute
• Lecturer, labor and employment law topics, Los Angeles County Bar, Labor Law Section and Entertainment Section
• Lecturer, health care, banking, software technology, security devices, and electronics to various trade groups

Education

• University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, Los Angeles, California, 1975
  J.D.
  Honors: Order of the Coif
  
  Law Review: Member, UCLA Law Review
• University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 1970
  B.A.
  Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
  Honors: Phi Kappa Phi

Published Works

• Co-author, Employer Domination, The Developing Labor Law 1976 Supplement
• Co-author, Grievance and Arbitration Procedures, Advising California Employers, California Continuing Education of the Bar, Berkeley, 1981
• Hospital Bargaining Units, Appropriate Units for Collective Bargaining, Practising Law Institute, 1979
• Co-author, Injury to the Unborn--Reproductive and Employee Rights, Los Angeles Lawyer, Nov., 1991
• Numerous papers on arbitration, mediation, sexual harassment, electronic communications issues, employment privacy, AIDS, leaves, drug and alcohol testing for the ABA, PLI, Labor Letter, and others

Address

11377 West Olympic Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90064

Phones

(310) 312-3138

Faxes

(310) 312-3787

Emails

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Websites

http://www.msk.com