Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Year Joined Organization: 1995

Lawyer Overview

Labor and employment representing management before state and federal courts and administrative agencies (e.g., EEOC, DOL, DFEH, DLSE) in virtually all labor and employment areas (wage/hour, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, and privacy); providing advice and strategic planning for personnel policies, workforce reductions, management of leaves, and difficult personnel decisions (e.g., discharges, promotions, accommodation requests); and conducting and advising on workplace investigations.

Areas of Practice

• Labor & Employment

West Practice Categories

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

Bar Admissions

• California, 1992
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1993
• U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1992
• U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1993
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1993
• U.S. District Court District of Arizona, 1993
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1996

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Los Angeles County Bar Association (Member)
• Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles (Member)
• Association of Business Trial Lawyers (Member, Developing Attorneys Committee)
• Professionals in Human Resources Association, 1995 (Member)
• Society for Human Resource Management, 1995 (Member)

Classes and Seminars

• Featured Speaker, Employers Group Seminar, November 19, 1998
• Featured Speaker, Professionals in Human Resources Association
• Featured Speaker, American Bar Association

Education

• University of Southern California Law Center, Los Angeles, California, 1992
  J.D.
  Honors: American Jurisprudence Award for Trial Advocacy
  Honors: Hon. Warren J. Ferguson Writing Award
  
  Law Journal: Executive Editor, Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal and Major Tax Planning
• Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut, 1986
  B.A.

Published Works

• Court-Approved Guidelines for Workplace Investigations, November 19, 1998
• When Are Office No-Dating Policies Enforceable?, National Law Journal, April 3, 1996
• California Family Rights Act Update: Amended Family Care Leave Regulations Now In Effect, The California Labor Letter, Vol. VI, No. 9, September, 1995
• Court Announces New Drug Testing Standard, (Co-author), The California Labor Letter, Vol. V, No. 3, March, 1994
• The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, Public Risk, September, 1993

Address

11377 West Olympic Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90064

Phones

(310) 312-3262

Faxes

(310) 312-3787

Emails

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Websites

http://www.msk.com