Claudette Wilson is a Partner Emeritus at Wilson Turner Kosmo LLP. She was with the firm since its founding in 1991, and lead the Employment Law Practice Group. Claudette represented companies in employment litigation for over 30 years.  Her litigation experience includes both wage and hour class actions and single plaintiff claims of discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination and other employment-related matters.  She regularly counsels employers on employment-related issues, including avoiding claims, reductions in force, disciplinary actions and terminations.  Claudette represents businesses of all sizes in a wide variety of industry sectors.

Claudette has significant trial experience in state and federal courts in a wide range of employment matters, including disability and age discrimination, wrongful termination, failure to hire, defamation, breach of contract, and trade secret theft.  She has sought and defended claims for injunctive relief involving trade secrets and non-compete agreements, has handled government agency hearings and trials, and argued employment issues before the California Court of Appeal and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Claudette is honored to have been named San Diego Employment Law – Management Lawyer of the Year by The Best Lawyers in America in 2019, which is her third time receiving this honor.  She also was named the San Diego Labor Law – Management Lawyer of the Year in 2021 by the same publication. Claudette has also been designated as one of the Top 25 Women Super Lawyers in San Diego every year since 2007, and selected as one of the Top 10 Super Lawyers overall in San Diego County for two of those years. Claudette was also named one of San Diego’s Best Attorneys in 2014 by San Diego Metropolitan magazine.  Claudette has Martindale-Hubbell's highest peer rating (AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating) for legal ability and ethical standards. Claudette is a past President of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers San Diego Chapter and is a Master in the Louis M. Welsh American Inns of Court.

Honors and Recognition

• Named as a finalist for SD Magazine's Celebrating Women Awards (2021) 
• Featured in the Best Lawyers "Women in Law" Spring Business Edition 2019
• Selected for inclusion in San Diego Daily Journal's Top Labor and Employment Lawyers 2018 
• Included in The Best Lawyers in America for Labor and Employment Law specialties (2007 - 2022); Named San Diego Employment Law-Management "Lawyer of the Year"  (2012, 2016, 2019) and Labor Law-Management (2021)
• Named by San Diego Super Lawyers - Employment Defense (2007 - 2021); Listed as one of the Top 10 Lawyers in San Diego County overall in 2008 and 2009, Top 25 Women Lawyers (2007 - 2015, 2018-2020) and Top 50 San Diego Lawyers (2018)
• Named one of San Diego's Best Attorneys in 2014 by San Diego Metropolitan magazine
• Recipient, San Diego Daily Transcript's Top San Diego County Attorneys; Employment Category (2005 - 2010, 2012)
• Recipient, San Diego Business Journal's San Diego Women Who Mean Business Award (2002)
• "AV" Preeminent Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell