Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Year Joined Organization: 1994

Lawyer Overview

• Representation of employers in all areas of labor and employment law, including serving as lead counsel in numerous employment discrimination, wrongful termination and trade secret/unfair competition cases, labor arbitrations, National Labor Relations Board hearings, and other administrative proceedings



• Counsels clients on compliance with FMLA, ADA, Title VII, FEHA, FLSA, ERISA, NLRA and state employment laws



• Negotiates and drafts executive employment agreements

Areas of Practice

• Labor & Employment

West Practice Categories

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

Bar Admissions

• California, 1991
• U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1991
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1993
• U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1993
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1997
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1997

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association (Member)
• Theatre L.A. (Member, Board of Governors)

Past Employment Positions

• United States District Court, Central District of California, Hon. A. Andrew Hauk, Law Clerk, 1991 - 1992
• United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, Hon. J. Clifford Wallace, Extern, 1990
• United Kingdom, Parliament, Hon. Gwyneth Dunwoody, Intern, 1987

Education

• University of San Diego School of Law, San Diego, California, 1991
  J.D.
  Honors: magna cum laude
  Honors: Academic Scholarship Recipient
  
  Law Review: Member, San Diego Law Review
• Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, California, 1988
  B.A., Government
  Honors: National Political Science Honor Society
  Honors: Distinguished Scholar

Published Works

• Co-editor, MS&K Labor and Employment Alert
• Co-author, Courts are Divided on Drug Tests, National Law Journal, Oct. 24, 1994
• Co-author, Book Review and Commentary, (with Prof. Bernard Siegan), 39 Wayne Law Review 513, 1991

Address

11377 West Olympic Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90064

Phones

(310) 312-3116

Faxes

(310) 312-3787

Emails

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Websites

http://www.msk.com