Kevin D. Reese is a Principal in the San Francisco, California, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. Mr. Reese has a broad range of employment law experience where his day to day practice involves defending employers in wage and hour class action cases, and single plaintiff cases involving a variety of employment issues such as discrimination, harassment, reasonable accommodation, trade secrets, unfair competition, employee raiding, and WARN.
As an experienced litigator, Mr. Reese has handled hundreds of matters in state and federal courts, arbitration, and before administrative agencies. Mr. Reese also has significant experience investigating allegations of workplace misconduct on behalf of employers. Mr. Reese has represented employers in a wide variety of industries including transportation, health care, technology, retail, manufacturing, education, construction, hospitality, professional services, entertainment, agricultural and utilities. Mr. Reese regularly speaks on a broad range of employment issues.
Additionally, Mr. Reese regularly partners with in-house legal attorneys, management, and human resource personnel, providing day-to-day advice and counsel on all aspects of California employment law. Mr. Reese works with his clients to provide solutions that best fit the practical needs of operating their businesses while being cognizant of the ever-increasing legal challenges to those operations.
During law school, Mr. Reese was awarded Best Oralist during Intercollegiate Moot Court Competition where his team placed fourth nationally. Following law school, Mr. Reese served a two year clerkship as a Staff Attorney with the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Mr. Reese has also served as an adjunct professor at University of California Hastings College of Law, and has taught at University of California, Berkeley School of Law.
