Backus, Kara

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Languages

• German

Areas of Practice

• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

Representative Cases

• California prisoner fights long battle with Department of Corrections to establish his religious rights
• Settlement reached in Eighth Amendment cruel and unusual punishment case against California prison doctor , (2010)

West Practice Categories

Affirmative Action -- Employee, Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employee, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employee, Employee Rights -- Employee, Employment Contracts -- Employee, Employment Discrimination -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employee, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employee, Federal Employer,'s Liability Act (FELA) -- Employee, Municipal Employment -- Employee, Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) -- Employee, Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employee, Sexual Harassment -- Employee, Wage & Hour Laws -- Employee, Whistleblower -- Employee, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act -- Employee, Wrongful Termination -- Employee

Bar Admissions

• California

Education

• Amherst College
• U of Southern California

Published Works

• Give Summer Associates Pro Bono Work to Tackle, Los Angeles Daily Journal, Reprinted and/or posted with the permission of Daily Journal Corp. (2009), 2009

Address

555 South Flower Street
Fiftieth Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071-2300

Phones

1.213.243.2704 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.213.243.2539 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com