Ms Felicia Davis > Paul Hastings LLP > San Francisco, United States > Lawyer Profile

The breadth of Paul Hastings LLP‘s expertise spans class actions, arbitrations, high profile single-plaintiff matters, trade secrets litigation and human capital compliance. In the area of class actions the group is skilled at handling discrimination, pay equity, PAGA and wage and hour cases. The trio at the head of the practice is formed of Elena Baca, who is trusted advisor to large blue-chip corporates; Jennifer Baldocchi, who focuses her practice on employee trade secret misappropriation claims and Kenneth Gage, whose expertise lies in discrimination, retaliation and state common law claims. Baca and Baldocchi are based in Los Angeles, while Gage sits in New York. Felicia Davis is a key figure in the Los Angeles office for her pay equity litigation expertise. In New York, Patrick Shea specializes in employment discrimination wage and hour claims and wrongful discharge matters, while Sara Tomezsko handles first instance and appellate single-plaintiff and class action claims for her corporate clients. Carson Sullivan is a name to note in Washington DC, which benefits from her significant experience defending pay equity class actions.

The team at Paul Hastings LLP is particularly adept at handling internal and regulatory investigations, employee mobility and trade secret-related litigation, pay equity and audits, human capital compliance, and CSR, ESG and DE&I initiatives. The group is led by global employment expert Elena Baca and international employee mobility and trade secrets specialist Jennifer Baldocchi in Los Angeles, and litigator Kenneth Gage in New York, who handles reviews of employment processes, pay equity studies and risk mitigation strategies in particular. Also in New York, Marc Bernstein has extensive experience representing clients in a variety of employment disputes, from wage and hour class actions to ERISA litigation. In Los Angeles, Felicia Davis focuses on pay equity litigation and also advises employers on compensation practices, compliance, social diversity and environmental issues, while Washington DC’s Carson Sullivan offers advice on restrictive covenants and trade secret cases, among others. Paul Evans, Krissy Katzenstein, Blair Robinson and Jeff Sturgeon all joined the firm in October 2024.