Nancy is a litigation partner in the Los Angeles office and a member of the Labor & Employment practice. She focuses on employment litigation, defending Fortune 500 companies and other employers in a wide range of disputes, including class actions. Nancy partners her employment work with a broader litigation practice, advising companies in various commercial, real estate, and construction matters.
She routinely represents employers, management, contractors, hotel owners, commercial landlords, developers, national lenders, and servicers in litigation involving the following issues:
- Wrongful termination and discrimination;
- Prevailing wage violations;
- Commercial litigation, including breach of contract, fraud, and tort claims;
- Construction defects;
- Real estate litigation, including landlord-tenant and title disputes; and
- Complex consumer finance.
Nancy has chaired multiple trials and arbitrations, and she has argued before both federal and state courts in trial and post-trial phases.
She has written on a variety of employment and commercial litigation matters, including serving as a contributing author to Business Torts: A Fifty-State Guide.
Nancy has served on the firm's Recruiting Committee and Diversity Committee. She is also actively involved in the community and founded Kids Reading to Succeed, a non-profit organization providing one-on-one tutoring to underprivileged youth in the Pasadena area.