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Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP Offices

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
550 SOUTH HOPE STREET, SUITE 2000
LOS ANGELES, CA 90071
CALIFORNIA
United States
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Ms Emily Burkhardt Vicente

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213.532.2153 ebvicente@huntonak.com View profile

Work Department

Financial Services, Retail and Consumer Products, Food Industry, Hospitality, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), Labor and Employment, Complex Employment Litigation, Wage and Hour Class Actions, Unfair Competition and Employee Raiding, Class Action, Multidistrict Litigation, Health Care and Life Sciences, Labor and Employment Emerging Technology

Position

Partner and Co-Chair of the firm’s Labor and Employment Group

Career

Ms. Burkhardt Vicente co-chairs Hunton Andrews Kurth’s firmwide labor and employment group and has a national practice focusing on complex employment and wage and hour litigation and advice. She is an accomplished trial lawyer who defends employers in complex employment litigation, including California and FLSA wage and hour class and collective actions, California PAGA actions, employment discrimination actions, and complex whistleblower matters. Ms. Burkhardt Vicente has successfully taken multiple class and collective actions to jury verdict. She also has a robust unfair competition, noncompete, and employee raiding practice.

In addition to her litigation practice, Ms. Burkhardt Vicente helps employers develop forward-thinking compliance practices that reduce wage and hour disputes and help mitigate other employment-related risks while keeping her client’s business goals firmly in mind. She regularly counsels clients on employment-related matters, including design and implementation of diversity and inclusion programs, ESG initiatives, harassment and discrimination investigations, “me too” issues, fair-pay compliance, worker classifications, negotiation of employment contracts, and the use and implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) and emerging technology in the workplace.

Ms. Burkhardt Vicente also serves as co-chair of the firm’s diversity & inclusion committee, where she advocates for the advancement, retention and promotion of diverse lawyers and staff.

Memberships

Admitted to the California and Georgia Bars

Education

  • JD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with honors; Order of the Coif; Order of the Barristers, 1999
  • BA, St. John Fisher College, summa cum laude, 1996

Lawyer Rankings

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

The team at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP is jointly headed by Emily Burkhardt Vicente in Los Angeles, who is experienced in high-stakes employment litigation and taking class actions to jury trial, and Washington DC-based Kevin White, who has a particular expertise representing clients from the energy and retail industries. The team is highly experienced in collective and class actions, discrimination claims, wage and hour matters, trade secret disputes, and harassment allegations. Other key contacts include Washington-based Ryan Bates, who specializes in complex employment litigation, and Michele Beilke in Los Angeles who is particularly experienced in employment arbitration. The team in San Francisco includes Michael Brett Burns, who focuses on class actions and other complex litigation.

United States > Labor and employment > Labor-management relations

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP its robust labor-management litigation practice, with a strong presence in the retail and energy sectors. The team focuses on discrimination investigations, wage and hour litigation, and the preparation of employer-employee policies. Two attorneys jointly head-up the practice: Los Angeles-based Emily Burkhardt Vicente and Kevin White, who splits his time between Washington DC and Houston.

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