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M. Kristen Allman, Esq.
Global Imaging Systems
M. Kristen Allman, Esq., has practiced in all aspects of labor and employment law, representing management exclusively for nearly twenty-one years. Allman is currently employed at Global Imaging Systems, a Xerox company, as corporate counsel in employment law matters. She is also of counsel at national labor and employment firm Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLC. Allman was formerly a shareholder at national labor and employment firms Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, PC, and Haynsworth Baldwin Johnson & Greaves, LLC.
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Cathy Divodi
Artemis Claims Consulting
Divodi began her career as a workers' compensation claims adjuster. Over the past few years, she has found her niche as a risk management consultant, assisting her clients with understanding the complex nature of the various laws within the claims system and managing risks. Additionally, with her reserve experience as an adjuster, litigator and claims manager, she has become an expert in reserve analysis and claims management. Divodi is certified by the state of California as a Self-Insured Claims Administrator. |
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Diana Gregory, SPHR
Administaff
vGregory is a senior human resources specialist with Administaff, a professional employer organization that offers full-service human resources solutions to small and medium-sized businesses. Gregory has more than 20 years of hands-on, multiple industry human resources experience, enabling her to provide guidance to business owners and managers of small and medium-sized businesses in human resources strategies, policy development and implementation, employee relations, and employment law compliance. |
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Laura Innes, Esq.
Simpson, Garrity & Innes, PC
Innes is engaged exclusively in the practice of labor and employment law. She has practiced extensively in state and federal court and before state and federal agencies including: the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal Department of Labor (DOL), the Office of Federal Contracts Compliance Program (OFCCP), and the state Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE). In addition to litigation and preventive counseling, Innes effectively employs alternative dispute resolution, such as mediation and arbitration, to efficiently and effectively resolve sensitive employment disputes. |
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Marc Jacuzzi, Esq.
Simpson, Garrity & Innes, PC
Jacuzzi has broad experience in employment law matters. He has represented numerous employers as defendants in civil rights actions (including claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), and other state discrimination statutes), trade secret misappropriation claims, wage claims, and wrongful termination claims. |
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Allen Kato, Esq.
Fenwick & West, LLP
Kato's practice concentrates exclusively on representing management in wage and hour, affirmative action and EEO compliance, unfair competition and trade secret matters and litigating individual and class action wage and hour, wrongful discharge employment discrimination, and unfair competition matters before courts and agencies. He also trains managers and HR professionals on a regular basis. |
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Steve McElfresh, Ph.D., SPHR
HR Futures
HR Futures was founded by McElfresh and provides services such as business consulting, executive search, organizational change, and employee branding. McElfresh was President and CEO of Saratoga Institute, the leading organization providing HR-related benchmarking and performance analyses. Before Saratoga, he was the chief HR officer for SRI International (formerly known as Stanford Research Institute), Failure Analysis Associates, and Friden Alcatel. He is a member of the Society for Psychologists in Management, the Academy of Management, the Forensic Expert Witness Association and the American Psychological Association. |
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Myron D. (Mike) Moye, Esq.
Hanson Bridgett, LLP
Moye specializes in litigation and counseling related to employment and labor law matters. He represents employers in employment disputes in state and federal court, arbitrations, administrative hearings and before government agencies. In addition, he provides preventive advice, counsel and training to employers on a variety of employment law issues, including union organizing activity and collective bargaining. |
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Sandra Rappaport, Esq.
Hanson Bridgett, LLP
Rappaport has been a member of the firm's Labor and Employment Section since 1994, and is experienced in all aspects of labor and employment law. She has extensive litigation experience, including defending employers against discrimination, wrongful termination, whistleblowing, and sexual harassment claims in both state and federal court. She has substantial experience litigating on behalf of employers in other forums as well, including labor arbitrations and other administrative proceedings. |
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Deborah Saks
1 Source Consulting
Saks is president of 1 Source Consulting, a human resources company that provides top management with both strategic business and human capital solutions. In addition, she is the co-director of the Center of Excellence for Human Resources Development at Santa Clara University. Saks has held senior executive roles in the technology, healthcare, and retail industries for over 20 years. Her expertise is in human resources, executive coaching, leadership development, organizational development, and performance improvement. |
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Mary L. Topliff, Esq.
The Law Offices of Mary L. Topliff
Topliff specializes in employment law counseling, training and compliance. Her proactive approach to employee relations issues offers practical solutions consistent with legal requirements and good management principles. She regularly advises business owners and human resources professionals on all aspects of workplace issues, and designs and implements customized training and resource tools on various subjects, including harassment prevention, employment law for managers, exempt/nonexempt job classifications, disability accommodations and leaves of absence. |
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Allison West, Esq., SPHR
Employment Practices Specialists, LLC
As principal for Employment Practices Specialists, West specializes in developing and delivering training programs that address employment law and human resource issues both in the US and internationally. Her expertise also includes conducting workplace investigations; one-on-one sensitivity training for managers and employees concerning harassment, discrimination and diversity awareness issues; coaching managers and employees with disciplinary and/or behavioral problems; providing expert witness assistance; and customizing employee handbooks, policies and procedures. |
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Tim Weyland
TriNet
Weyland leads the Silicon Valley and Southern California human capital consulting teams for TriNet, a provider of HR outsourcing and human capital management services to thousands of small and medium-sized companies throughout the United States and Canada. |
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