Candice T. Zee > Vedder Price > Los Angeles, United States > Lawyer Profile

Vedder Price
1925 Century Park East Suite 1900
Los Angeles
California 90067
CALIFORNIA
United States

Work Department

Labor & Employment

Position

Shareholder

Career

Ms. Zee focuses her practice on traditional labor issues, including unfair labor practice charges, interpretation of collective bargaining agreements, grievances, arbitrations and National Labor Relations Board proceedings. She has handled several union grievances, arbitrations and representation cases at all stages and has extensive experience managing and overseeing union election campaigns.

Ms. Zee also represents and defends multi-state and international corporations on all aspects of employment litigation, including allegations of discrimination, retaliation, harassment, wage and hour issues, reductions-in-force, reasonable accommodation and independent contractor issues as well as workplace torts, including defamation, emotional distress and interference with contractual relations. She has litigated numerous single plaintiff and class action employment lawsuits in a first chair capacity. Ms. Zee also has extensive experience in conducting workplace investigations involving claims of harassment, discrimination, retaliation and pay inequity.

Education

  • Loyola Law School Los Angeles, J.D., 2003
  • University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., 2000, cum laude

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Labor and employment > Labor-management relations

Vedder Price offers specialist advice on substantive and procedural points of law under the National Labor Relations Act and frequently appears before the NLRB in unfair-labor-practice and representation matters. Union organizing, decertification petitions and maintaining union-free status are key focuses of the team. Elizabeth N. Hall  chairs the group, while Eugene A. Boyle  counsels and defends companies in cases spanning all aspects of labor law, and Kenneth F. Sparks  has extensive experience working with health care organizations, logistics companies, and manufacturers on labor litigation matters. Los Angeles-based Candice Zee focuses on traditional labor law matters and NLRB proceedings. All lawyers are in Chicago unless otherwise stated.

United States > Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)

The team at Vedder Price is headed by Elizabeth Hall in Chicago, who has a particular specialism in employment issues relating to COVID-19 including return-to-work matters, employee safety, remote working environment management, and managing leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. The practice is experienced in representing employers at both state and federal level, as well as before administrative agencies and arbitral forums. Alex C. Weinstein is a key contact in Chicago for trade secret matters, while Candice Zee is a noted name for traditional labor issues in Los Angeles.