Employment and labor law representation across various industries

Kelly Kagan represents employers in defense, academia, retail and restaurant industries. She counsels on employment issues, such as sexual harassment allegations and investigations, employee discipline, and wage and hour violations. Kelly also drafts and edits employee handbooks to help employers stay atop new employment laws. Additionally, she advocates for employers on a variety of matters, including:

• Discrimination
• Wage and hour violations
• Equal pay allegations

Before turning to law, Kelly spent nearly 10 years in the retail industry, which provides additional real-world management experience to her advice and litigation practice.

Bar Admissions

• California

Education

• University of California, San Diego (B.A., 2010)
  • International Studies - Literature

• University of San Diego School of Law (J.D., 2019)
  • Concentrations in Employment and Labor Law and Business and Corporate Law
  • San Diego Law Review, member
  • Published three papers on employment law issues

• "Expansion of Joint Employer Liability Theory on the Horizon: The Ninth Circuit Adopts the Agency Test in EEOC v. Global Horizons, Inc.,"
• "Faster Science: Why Scientist.com's Blockchain Approach Is the Answer to the Pharmaceutical Industry's 21 C.F.R. Part 11 Compliance Challenges"
• "To Trigger or Not to Trigger: The Catch-22 of the Americans with Disabilities Act's Interactive Process"
• Employers Have New Obligations Under Statute Regulating Noncompete Agreements
• Key New Laws Affecting California Employers in 2024