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
  • 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.

Relevant Experience

  • Represents consumer products company in unfair competition lawsuits and state common law claims.
  • Represent manufacturing client in commercial and IP litigation in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts regarding allegations of breach of memorandum of understanding, alleged misappropriation of trade secrets and confidential information, breach of non-disclosure agreements, and breach of joint development agreement.
  • Provide defense and mediation strategy to construction industry client regarding allegations of corporate raiding and tortious interference.
  • Defended international package shipping company in wage and hour class actions, harassment and discrimination claims, and breach of contract disputes.
  • Drafted amicus curiae brief to the California Supreme Court on behalf of trade association client regarding applicability of arbitration agreements on the Berman hearing process.
  • Prosecuted suit under the Defend Trade Secrets Act and the California Uniform Trade Secrets Act on behalf of an insurance company arising from the theft of client data by a former employee and his new employer.
  • Provides advice and counsel on employment matters, including reasonable accommodations and interactive process under the ADA AB 1825 sexual harassment prevention training, and compliance with California wage and hour laws.

Education
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
  • 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
  • How to Keep the Human Element at the Forefront of HR in the Digital Age, Workspan
  • EEO-1 Reporting Update: How We Got Here and What You Need to Know, Workforce
  • ‘Minority Report,’ but for your performance review, Daily Journal
  • 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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