The employment law team at Paul Hastings LLP advises across a full range of issues arising in the workplace, including sensitive and high-profile investigations. Its expertise spans pay equity and audits, regulatory investigations, human capital compliance matters, and corporate social responsibility issues, amongst other matters. Elena Baca, in Los Angeles, and Kenneth Gage, in New York, co-head the practice. In Los Angeles, Jennifer Baldocchi is a go-to for matters focusing on employee mobility and those concerning trade secrets, while Felicia Davis specializes in pay equity litigation. In New York, Marc Bernstein draws on experience in in-house roles to support high-profile clients, and in Washington DC, Carson Sullivan regularly provides investigations and workplace advice and counsel.
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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
  • Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E)
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Robert Half Inc.

Lawyers

Leading partners

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Practice head

Elena Baca; Kenneth Gage

Other key lawyers

Jennifer Baldocchi; Felicia Davis; Marc Bernstein; Carson Sullivan; Cameron Fox; Emily Pidot; Blair Robinson; Patrick Shea