Ms. Wilson has been a partner with the firm since its founding in 1991, and heads the employment litigation practice group. She has been counseling employers and representing companies in employment litigation for 25 years. Her litigation practice includes wage and hour class actions, Business and Professions Code section 17200 claims, wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, trade secret violations and other types of employment-related matters. She regularly counsels employers on employment-related issues, including avoiding employment claims, reductions in force, disciplinary actions and terminations. Ms. Wilson represents businesses of all sizes and in most industry sectors.
Ms. Wilson has significant trial experience in state and federal courts in a wide range of employment matters, including disability discrimination, age discrimination, wrongful termination, wrongful failure to hire, defamation, breach of contract, and trade secret theft. She has sought and defended against claims for injunctive relief involving trade secrets and non-compete agreements, has handled numerous government agency hearings and trials, and argued employment issues before the California Court of Appeal and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Ms. Wilson was honored to be designated as one of San Diego's Top Employment Lawyers by the San Diego Daily Transcript in 2005-2009, and selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America (2007 - 2009), Labor and Employment Law specialties. Ms. Wilson was also designated as a Super Lawyer by Law and Politics magazine in 2008 and 2009. Ms. Wilson was named as a top Employment Lawyer and was chosen as one of the Top 10 Lawyers overall in San Diego County in both years. Ms. Wilson is a past President of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers San Diego Chapter and is a Master in the Louis M. Welsh American Inn of Court, and was previously a Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference.
Prior to her affiliation with the firm, Ms. Wilson served as In-House Counsel to HomeFed Bank, which followed her association in the litigation and employment practice groups at Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps.
Having studied in France, Ms. Wilson is fluent in French.
- Speaker, San Diego SHRM 2009 Law Day (January 2009)
“When No News is Good News: How to Avoid Mistakes Regarding Harassment, Discrimination and Retaliation Laws that Result in High-Profile Jury Verdicts”
- Moderator, State Bar of California Labor and Employment Law Section 26th Annual Meeting (October/November 2008)
“Too Old to Matter? Not a Cultural Fit?”
- Speaker, San Diego SHRM 2008 Law Day (January 2008)
“An A to Z Guide on Religious Accommodation In the Workplace”
- Speaker, San Diego SHRM 2007 Law Day (January 2007)
"Challenges in Compliance - - Disability and Accommodation"
- Speaker, MCCA 5th Annual CLE Expo (March 2006)
"Tips for Preventing and Defending Against FLSA Class Actions”
- Speaker, SDEA 25th Annual Employment Law Seminar – Managing A Workforce in 2006 (February 2006)
"Wage & Hour Mistakes – California Employers’ Greatest Liability Risk”
- Speaker, San Diego SHRM 2006 Law Day (January 2006)
"How Not to Get Sued: Top 10 Mistakes Employers Make and How to Avoid Them"
- Speaker, Joint Los Angeles and Orange County Bar Associations, Corporate Counsel Sections, Meeting (September 2005)
"Identifying and Addressing Bias"
- Speaker, The Bar Association of San Francisco (June 2005)
"The New Whistle Blowers and Sarbanes-Oxley"
- Speaker, Association of Business Trial Lawyers Annual Seminar (October 2004)
"Whistleblowers Retaliation Claims"
- Moderator, American Bar Association, Section of Labor and Employment Law, Technology Committee (April 2003)
“Regulatory Compliance in An Electronic World”
- Participant, University of San Diego Executive Round Table (March 2003), "Women in Leadership"
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