Practice Expertise
- Labor and Employment
- Wage and Hour Class Actions
- Complex Employment Litigation
Areas of Practice
- Complex Employment Litigation
- Labor and Employment
- Wage and Hour Class Actions
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Counseling
- Pay Equity and Transparency
- Trade Secrets Counseling and Litigation
- Unfair Competition and Employee Raiding View More
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Profile
An experienced litigator and problem-solver, Beth’s practice encompasses all aspects of labor and employment litigation, investigations, advice, and counseling.
With a broad knowledge-base and deep experience in employment, labor, and education-industry litigation and counseling, Beth has successfully represented clients in state and federal court, as well as administrative proceedings and government investigations. Beth is also an experienced independent investigator, and has lead highly-sensitive investigations in various employment and educational settings.
Relevant Experience
- Representing clients in lawsuits, agency proceedings, and government investigations on a variety of employment disputes, with a focus on wage and hour class actions, single plaintiff discrimination, unfair competition, employee raiding, trade secret misappropriation, and restrictive covenant litigation.
- Advising clients in matters relating to employment discrimination, workplace harassment, retaliation, medical leave, wrongful discharge, traditional labor law, wage and hour compliance, restrictive covenants, and termination of employment, including reductions in force.
- Drafting policies and employment-related documents, including employment agreements, employee handbooks and state-specific supplements, student/parent handbooks, and vendor agreements.
- Investigating highly sensitive discrimination allegations, including those involving allegedly criminal conduct, and many of which have involved highly-placed members of corporate entities, unionized employees, municipalities, students, and/or minor children.
Education
BA, University of California, San Diego, 2009
Areas of Practice
- Complex Employment Litigation
- Labor and Employment
- Wage and Hour Class Actions
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Counseling
- Pay Equity and Transparency
- Trade Secrets Counseling and Litigation
- Unfair Competition and Employee Raiding
Professional Career
Articles
Amidst Uncertainty Surrounding the Scope of BIPA Liability, Hyatt Settles Employee Biometric Data Class Claims for $1.5 Million
By Elizabeth Sherwood |July 2021
- In High Stakes Battle Between Arbitration and PAGA, Wins, Losses, and Questions, The Recorder
- Mass. At-Will Termination Gets Complex For Employers, Law360
- Potential Hostile Territory in Shifting Non-Compete Landscape, New York Law Journal
- Vaccine Accommodation Suits Show Risk of Blanket Policies, Law360
- Wage Theft Bill Would Increase Risk, Severity Of FLSA Claims, Law360
- Vaccine Accommodation Suits Show Risk Of Blanket Policies, Law360
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