Kristina H. Vaquera is a Principal in the Norfolk, Virginia, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. Her practice focuses exclusively on labor and employment counseling and litigation.
Ms. Vaquera represents employers in federal and state court lawsuits and agency investigations and charges covering a wide range of statutes and subjects, including anti-discrimination and civil rights laws, wrongful termination claims, disability accommodation and access, wage and hour laws, covenants not to compete, leave of absence claims, negligent hire/retention, and breaches of fiduciary duty and contract. Ms. Vaquera has litigated class and collective actions, including FLSA, FCRA, and discrimination class actions. She also represents clients in mediation and arbitration before various national and state entities.
As part of Ms. Vaquera’s counseling practice, she provides daily counseling and training to management to help employers avoid litigation. She assists clients with employment agreements, handbooks, background checks and drug testing issues, and disciplinary action. She represents employers before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, National Labor Relations Board, Department of Labor, and numerous state agencies, such as the Virginia Employment Commission, Virginia Department of Labor and Industry, Virginia Department of Housing Discrimination, and Virginia Worker’s Compensation Commission.
Ms. Vaquera speaks extensively on various employment topics, including to the Virginia and Hampton Roads Society of Human Resource Managers, Virginia State Bar Labor and Employment Section, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Virginia Employment Commission, International Professional Managers Association, Virginia Government Contract Attorneys Association, Society of Designers and Architects, local chambers of commerce, Hampton Roads Industrial Liaison Group, PINK! Women Business Owners Conference, Public Media Business Association, the American Council of Engineering Companies, and the Retail Association of Hampton Roads. She lives in Hampton Roads with her family.
Honors and Recognitions
- Virginia’s Inside Business, “Top 40 under 40” professionals (2003)
- Virginia Legal Elite: Young Lawyer (2009)
More Legal and Business Bylines From Kristina H. Vaquera
- Challenging OSHA Violations at Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Is Worth the Effort - (Posted On Friday, May 26, 2023)
- Keeping Up With the Changing Law Restricting Employee Competition in the Construction Industry - (Posted On Thursday, March 30, 2023)
- OSHA Increases Penalties for 2023 - (Posted On Wednesday, February 01, 2023)
- Medical Marijuana and the Construction Job Site - (Posted On Friday, September 30, 2022)
- Developments in Employee Screening for Real Estate Industry - (Posted On Tuesday, August 09, 2022)
- Emerging Construction Legal Trends and Issues on Employment Front: Proposed Davis-Bacon Act Reform - (Posted On Friday, July 01, 2022)
- Sands Shift for Background Screening for Manufacturers - (Posted On Saturday, April 16, 2022)
- Déjà Vu: Virginia Returns to FLSA Overtime Standards - (Posted On Thursday, April 14, 2022)
- Virginia’s Republican Lawmakers Seek to Reverse State’s Overtime Wage Act - (Posted On Monday, February 14, 2022)
- 2022: The Year for Construction Employers to Get Employment Law Compliance Done - (Posted On Thursday, December 30, 2021)