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Vanessa C. Krumbein focuses her practice on providing compliance-related and strategic advice to corporate clients of all sizes on all aspects of employment law. Vanessa is a go-to point of contact for advice on a wide range of workplace issues, including employee performance and discipline, mitigating risk associated with employee terminations, compliance with wage and hour and disability accommodation laws, reorganizations and reductions in force, pay transparency, background checks, paid time off issues, workplace complaints, and a variety of other employment matters. Vanessa also works closely with clients to draft and implement employee handbooks and other personnel policies with the goal of making them easy to understand by employees, provides training on maintaining discrimination and harassment-free workplaces, and conducts investigations to address employee complaints of unfair treatment. Vanessa also has experience working on employment issues unique to clients in the media and entertainment sector.

Vanessa is also a go-to source for creating employment documents of all types (such as employment and independent contractor agreements, arbitration agreements, non-competes, confidential information, and IP protection agreements, commission and bonus agreements, and severance packages), and is regularly engaged to conduct audits of workplace wage and hour practices. Vanessa also handles employment-related issues and diligence in M&A transactions and counsels on post-merger employee integration matters. Vanessa regularly partners with clients and colleagues across the globe.

Vanessa has a considerable litigation background which gives her a unique perspective when counseling clients on employment best practices. Vanessa has experience litigating class actions, single-plaintiff, and multi-party civil cases, representing employers in state and federal court on a wide range of labor and employment matters, including, for example, claims of discrimination, retaliation, harassment, wrongful termination, violations of privacy, violations of leave laws, wage and hour disputes, and in responding to and negotiating resolution of charges filed with administrative agencies.

Concentrations

  • Employment law advice and compliance counseling
  • Creating and implementing employee handbooks and policies
  • Wage and hour and employment law audits
  • Workplace investigations and trainings
  • Non-compete, executive employment, separation, and other agreements
  • Mergers and acquisitions

主要执业方向

荣誉和领导力

  • Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, "Ones to Watch," Labor and Employment Law - Management, 2022-2024
  • Member, California State Bar Association
  • Member, Hispanic National Bar Association
  • Member, American Bar Association
  • Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association

资历

教育
  • J.D., Boston College Law School
  • B.A., Boston College
获准执业地区
  • 加利福尼亚州
  • 加利福尼亚北区美国联邦地区法院
  • 加利福尼亚南区美国联邦地区法院
  • 加利福尼亚东区美国联邦地区法院
  • 加利福尼亚中区美国联邦地区法院
  • 美国联邦第九巡回上诉法院
语言
  • Spanish, Conversational

Related Capabilities

Labor & Employment Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Labor & Employment Due Diligence