The 2026 listing of leading Employer-focused Los Angeles Employment Lawyers details attorneys practising within the areas of employment and industrial relations matters across the greater Los Angeles legal market whose practice has a strong employer representation focus and who have been identified by the city’s employment lawyers for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
Preeminent
Elena R. Baca, Paul Hastings LLP
Apalla U. Chopra, O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Catherine A. Conway, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Katherine M. Forster, Munger Tolles & Olson LLP
Paul Grossman, Paul Hastings LLP
J. Mira Hashmall, Miller Barondess LLP
Tracey A. Kennedy, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Glen E. Kraemer, Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP
Tritia M. Murata, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Anthony J. Oncidi, Proskauer Rose LLP
Linda Miller Savitt, Ballard Rosenberg Golper & Savitt LLP
Katherine V.A. Smith, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Kenneth D. Sulzer, Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP
Leading
Jesse A. Cripps Jr, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Felicia A. Davis, Paul Hastings LLP
Debra L. Fischer, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Cameron W. Fox, Paul Hastings LLP
Nicky Jatana, Jackson Lewis P.C.
Gregory W. Knopp, Proskauer Rose LLP
Adam Levin, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
Margaret G. Maraschino, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Robert F. Millman, Littler Mendelson P.C.
Ryne C. Posey, Skadden Arps, Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
Katherine A. Roberts, Sidley Austin LLP
Maria Rodriguez, McDermott Will & Schulte
Beth A. Schroeder, Raines Feldman Littrell LLP
Robert A. Siegel, O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Richard Simmons, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mark Theodore, Proskauer Rose LLP
Recommended
Adam Abrahms, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jennifer Baldocchi, Paul Hastings LLP
Nestor Barrero, Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP
Sabrina Beldner, McGuireWoods LLP
Sue M. Bendavid, Lewitt Hackman
Shannon R. Boyce, Littler Mendelson P.C.
Jonathan Brenner, Epstein Becker & Green PC
Nicole Buffalano, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
Alex Craigie, The Craigie Law Firm, PC
Caroline Powell Donelan, Blank Rome LLP
Cynthia Elkins, Elkins Employment Law
Shareef Farag, BakerHostetler LLP
Eric Gitig, Jackson Lewis P.C.
Monte Grix, Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP
Daniel H. Handman, Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP
John Haubrich, Jr, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Leslie Hecht Helmer, Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart P.C.
Esra A. Hudson, Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
Keith A. Jacoby, Littler Mendelson P.C.
Nicole Kamm, Fisher Phillips
Matthew C. Kane, BakerHostetler LLP
Adam Karr, O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Steven B. Katz, Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP
Ilana Kaufman, Miller Law Partners PC
Thomas R. Kaufman, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Philippe Lebel, Proskauer Rose LLP
Molly Lens, O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Tao Leung, Hogan Lovells
Emma Luevano, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
Gary McLaughlin, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
Jon C. McNutt, Husch Blackwell LLP
Jon D. Meer, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Lee Miller, Miller Law Partners, PC
Jeremy Mittman, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
Kristen J. Nesbit, Fisher Phillips
Andrew Paley, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Stephen E. Ronk, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP
Timothy F. Ryan, Morrison Foerster
Robin Samuel, Baker McKenzie
Henry L. Sanchez, Jackson Lewis P.C.
Puneet Sandhu, Pazzani & Sandhu LLP
Andrew Satenberg, Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
Todd B. Scherwin, Fisher Phillips
Eric C. Schwettmann, Ballard Rosenberg Golper & Savitt LLP
Sabrina Shadi, BakerHostetler LLP
Amanda Sommerfeld, Jones Day
Kimberly Talley, Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP
Christina Tellado, Polsinelli PC
Stuart D. Tochner, Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart P.C.
Jonathan M. Turner, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
Emily Burkhardt Vicente, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Scott J. Witlin, Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Ian A. Wright, Alston & Bird LLP
Kerry Garvis Wright, Glaser Weil Fink Howard Jordan & Shapiro LLP
Ruth Zadikany, Mayer Brown LLP
Candice T. Zee, Vedder Price