Paul Hastings LLP

Employment Law

Kenneth Gage is global co-chair of the Employment Law Department of Paul Hastings. He is based in the firm's New York and Chicago offices. Ken is ranked by Chambers USA, recognized by The Legal 500 in tier one in the categories of Labor and Employment Litigation and Workplace and Employment Counseling, rated "AV Preeminent" by Martindale-Hubbell®, and he is a Fellow of the American College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. He has more than thirty years of experience as a trial lawyer, appellate lawyer and trusted counselor in employment law. He represents employers in a wide range of single-plaintiff and class/collective employment litigation matters — from pre-litigation advice through trials and appeals. His litigation experience includes defendants' verdicts in jury trials involving race, age, sex, and disability discrimination claims, retaliation claims and state common law claims, as well as numerous summary judgment rulings and injunction proceedings in restrictive covenant litigation matters. His jury trial experience includes a defendants’ verdict in a certified class action. Ken has also successfully defended appeals in a variety of different employment litigation matters, in state and federal appellate courts across the country.