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.
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Testimonials
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- 'The team is best-in-class.'
- 'Thoughtful, responsive, and deeply knowledgeable.'
- 'The team has a wide breadth of knowledge and a deep bench of expertise in all areas, including but not limited to California PAGA actions, pay equity issues, and complex wage-and-hour issues.'
- 'The team is deeply knowledgeable and spans all the major industries.'
Key clients
- Activision Blizzard, Inc.
- Activision Publishing & Blizzard Entertainment
- Alphabet, Inc. (Google)
- AT&T
- ESPN
- Ferguson Enterprises, LLC
- Levi Strauss
- Longwood Management Corp.
- Meta Platforms Inc. (Facebook)
- New York City Football Club
Work highlights
Represented Activision Blizzard and its subsidiaries in overlapping government investigations and litigation regarding gender discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims spanning over a decade.
Providing counsel to numerous corporates on pay equity (and associated) audits.
Lawyers
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Practice head
Elena Baca; Jennifer Baldocchi; Kenneth Gage
Other key lawyers
Marc Bernstein; Felicia Davis; Carson Sullivan; Paul Evans; Krissy Katzenstein; Blair Robinson; Jeff Sturgeon