Emily joined WTK’s Labor & Employment practice in 2013. Her practice focuses on representing employers, large and small, in all aspects of labor and employment law.  For over a decade, she has provided regular counsel to employers on a wide variety of employment-related matters including leaves, accommodations, discrimination, retaliation, harassment and wage-and-hour practices. She conducts comprehensive employment practice analyses for local and national companies, and regularly revises personnel manuals, policies, and employment-related contracts.      

In addition to litigating and providing clients with employment-related guidance as needed, Emily trains human resource professionals and management on most aspects of newly developing employment law. She also conducts comprehensive, employment-related audits to ensure employers are appropriately following California and federal employment laws.

Affiliations

• San Diego Best & Brightest, Board Member
• Balboa Park Conservancy, Governance Committee Member, Trustee
• San Diego County Bar Association, Employment Section Member
• American Bar Association-Section of Litigation Employment and Labor Relations Law
• State Bar of California-Labor and Employment Law Section, Member
• Lawyers Club, Member and Nominating Committee Member
• Camp Fire San Diego, President of the Board
• Women and Families Resource Fair, Outreach Committee Co-Chair

Speaking & Publications

• Association of Corporate Counsel: "Is Your Pay Equal?"
• #MeToo & Equal Pay: Addressing Employment Trends in 2018, American Public Power Association's 2018 Business and Finance Conference, September 18, 2018
• Employment Law Update, Various Clients & WTK Annual Seminar, 2015-2017
• Implicit Bias in the Workplace, Association of Corporate Counsel (Employment Roundtable), September 2016
• “California’s Paid Sick Leave Amendments Effective Immediately” Society for Human Resource Management—HR News, July 15, 2015
• California’s Sick Leave Law and Upcoming Legislative Changes, Society for Human Resource Management Webcast, July 2015
• When Reasonable Accommodations are Anything But, Association of Corporate Counsel (Employment Roundtable), March 2015
• Reasonable Accommodations in the Workplace, San Diego Employers Association (SDEA), February 2015
• Religious Accommodation, San Diego Employers Association (SDEA), November 2014
• ADA Masters Class, Business and Legal Resources (BLR), January 2014
• Social Media in the Workplace, San Diego Employers Association (SDEA), May 2013
• Romance in the Workplace, San Diego Employers Association (SDEA), February 2013, February 2011
• Personnel Law 101, San Diego Employers Association (SDEA), July 2012, February 2010
• The Legal Aspects of Risk Management, San Diego Employers Association (SDEA), August 2010
• "2012 Federal Agency Rules, Regulations & Other News" Benders California Labor & Employment Bulletin (January 2013)
• "A Silver Bullet Against Wage & Hour Actions" Employment Law 360 (July 20, 2009)
   

Representative Matters

• Obtained summary judgment for a Fortune 500 staffing company on a FEHA pregnancy discrimination and failure to accommodate case where the employee alleged she was terminated shortly after announcing her pregnancy
• Member of trial team that secured a defense verdict as well as costs for a Fortune 500 retailer
• Obtained summary judgment that was upheld on appeal for one of the nation’s largest banks
• Granted dismissal on a motion to dismiss for a parcel delivery company on a FEHA disability discrimination claim that was upheld on appeal 
• Negotiated favorable settlements for clients in complex single plaintiff discrimination, harassment and retaliation cases
• Negotiated favorable settlements for clients in complex wage and hour class actions cases

Honors and Recognition

• Named on SD Business Journal's Women of Influence in Law (2022)
• Named as a finalist for SD Business Journal's Business Women of the Year (2020) 
• Named as a winner for SD Business Journal's Next Top Business Leaders Under 40 (2020)
• Named on the The Daily Transcript 40 Under 40 List, 2019
• Named by San Diego Super Lawyers­-Rising Star, 2015 - 2022
• Named by San Diego Daily Transcript-Young Attorney, 2014 - 2016