Practice Expertise

  • Labor and Employment
  • Complex Employment Litigation
  • Wage and Hour Class Actions
  • Unfair Competition and Employee Raiding

Areas of Practice

  • Complex Employment Litigation
  • Labor and Employment
  • Unfair Competition and Employee Raiding
  • Wage and Hour Class Actions
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Financial Services
  • Food Industry
  • Retail and Consumer Products
  • Trade Secrets Counseling and Litigation
  • View More

Profile

Katherine incorporates value, efficiency, and creativity to aggressively represent clients in complex state and federal employment, commercial, and trade secrets litigation. Katherine has extensive experience in high-stakes commercial and trade secrets litigation managing complex litigation nationwide. Katherine has a demonstrated track record in federal and state courts. Moreover, she has guided clients through difficult interactions with administrative agencies and claimants to resolve disputes before lawsuits are ever filed.

Bar Admissions

    Education
    JD, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, with distinction, Chief Managing Editor, McGeorge Law Review, 2014

    BS, California State University, Sacramento, 2010

    Areas of Practice

    • Complex Employment Litigation
    • Labor and Employment
    • Unfair Competition and Employee Raiding
    • Wage and Hour Class Actions
    • Commercial Litigation
    • Financial Services
    • Food Industry
    • Retail and Consumer Products
    • Trade Secrets Counseling and Litigation

    Professional Career



    Articles

    Additional Articles
    • Appellate ruling addresses legality of unlimited vacation policies, Daily Journal
    • Pending Bill SB 403 Would Add Caste to California’s Anti-Discrimination Laws, The Recorder
    • Transgender Students and Sports – Title IX Compliance in an Uncertain World, ABA Labor & Employment Law Vol. 49, No. 2
    • Texas federal court upholds DOL rule attacking FLSA tip credit, Texas Bar Journal
    • How to Keep the Human Element at the Forefront of HR in the Digital Age, Workspan
    • ‘Minority Report,’ but for your performance review, Daily Journal
    • EEO-1 Reporting Update: How We Got Here and What You Need to Know, Workforce
    • USA: Discrimination in a hightech world – potential pitfalls of AI in employment, OneTrust DataGuidance
    • USA: Discrimination in a hightech world - potential pitfalls of AI in employment, OneTrust DataGuidance
    • Hairstyle Discrimination: A Wave of New Laws, AWI Journal, vol. 12, no. 1
    • Natural Hair Movement Spurs Nationwide Legislative Response to Prevent Hairstyle Discrimination, American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law, Americanbar.org

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