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Practice Expertise
- Labor and Employment
- Complex Employment Litigation
- Unfair Competition and Employee Raiding
- Wage and Hour Class Actions
Areas of Practice
- Complex Employment Litigation
- Labor and Employment
- Unfair Competition and Employee Raiding
- Wage and Hour Class Actions
- Retail View More
Profile
Karen is an experienced employment attorney who provides efficient, effective legal representation in employment, wage and hour, and public accessibility litigation. As a member of the labor and employment team, Karen represents employers in employment cases presenting claims of discrimination (race, sex, age, national origin and disability), harassment, retaliation, breach of contract, wage and hour violations, and wrongful termination. Her practice also includes prosecuting and defending trade secret misappropriation cases involving employee raiding and anti-competitive activity by former employees and competitors.
Karen draws on her significant experience and ability to partner with business executives when counseling clients on a broad range of employment issues in order to minimize the risk of litigation.
Following law school, she gained valuable legal experience providing high-quality representation to technology companies while an associate at a large Silicon Valley firm. She honed her ability to provide cost-effective representation when she joined former big law attorneys who formed a boutique employment litigation and counseling firm in the Bay Area. At Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Karen is able to utilize these skills and experience while working with a team of professionals dedicated to providing clients with quality, efficient and creative service.
Bar Admissions
Education
JD, Georgetown University Law Center, 1998
BA, University of Southern California, 1992
Areas of Practice
- Complex Employment Litigation
- Labor and Employment
- Unfair Competition and Employee Raiding
- Wage and Hour Class Actions
- Retail
Professional Career
Articles
Department of Labor Expands Unemployment Insurance Eligibility To Include Workers Who Declined Work Due to Pandemic Safety Concerns
By Karen Evans |March 2021
- California Supreme Court’s Clarification of ‘Background Check’ Laws, The Recorder
- #MeToo arbitration bill heads to President Biden’s desk for signature, Daily Journal
- California’s Whistleblower Law Applies Even When Employees Report Unlawful Conduct That the Recipient Already Knew, The Recorder
- EEOC Targets Employers’ Prescription Drug Use Policies, Law360
- California Supreme Court Clarifies Burden of Proof in Whistleblower Retaliation Claims, The Recorder
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