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Sheppard Mullin San Francisco Adds Top California Employment Attorney, Jennifer Redmond
New Partner Substantially Expands Firm's Labor and Employment Practice
| Source: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- February 14, 2007 -- Jennifer G. Redmond has joined the San
Francisco office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in
the firm's Labor and Employment practice group. Redmond most recently
practiced with Bingham McCutchen in San Francisco.
Redmond has close to twenty years of experience defending employers against
claims of trade secret theft, defamation, disability discrimination,
failure to accommodate, wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment,
retaliation, breach of contract, fraud, wage and hour violations, and all
other types of employment-related claims.
"Attracting the best attorneys in their specializations is a top priority
for the firm and Jennifer is one of the leading employment attorneys in the
state," said Guy Halgren, chairman of the firm. "She substantially
increases our employment law capabilities in San Francisco and allows us to
provide clients with a tremendous breadth of service throughout the
nation."
"I look forward to growing the firm's employment practice in Northern
California," Redmond said. "Sheppard's Labor and Employment group has an
outstanding reputation throughout the state. I am excited to work with the
great lawyers here and across the firm's offices, and to be able to offer a
broader range of employment services to clients."
"Jennifer is an excellent addition to the firm's strong employment
practice," commented Kelly Hensley, co-chair of the firm's Labor and
Employment practice group. "She adds tremendous depth to the group, which
has more than 55 attorneys statewide."
Redmond's clients are in industries such as global internet communications
and media, technology, biotechnology, entertainment, property management,
winemaking and distribution, and financial services and include companies
like Lucasfilm and BRE Properties.
Redmond's experience also includes counseling employers on enforcement of
non-solicitation and non-compete agreements, protection of trade secrets,
family and medical leave compliance, disability accommodation, wage and
hour compliance, the use of independent contractors, and employee housing,
among other topics; assisting in the design and implementation of
restructuring and downsizing programs; mediating employment disputes;
training management and employees on harassment and discrimination
prevention; and all other aspects of employment law. She is the co-author
of "How To Engage In The Interactive Process: A Field Guide For California
Employers"; "How to Engage in the Interactive Process: A Field Guide on
Disability Accommodation in the Workplace" (national version); and numerous
other articles and presentations on reasonable accommodation of
disabilities, among other topics.
Redmond received her J.D., order of the coif, from Vanderbilt University
School of Law in 1989 where she was an Andrew Ewing Scholar and senior
articles editor of Vanderbilt Law Review. She then clerked for Judge Earl
B. Gilliam of the United States District Court for the Southern District of
California. Redmond has a B.A. in History, with honors, from the
University of Virginia.
About Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is a full service AmLaw 100 firm
with 490 attorneys in nine offices located throughout California and in New
York and Washington, D.C. The firm's California offices are located in Los
Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Century City, Orange County, Del Mar
Heights and San Diego. Sheppard Mullin provides legal expertise and
counsel to U.S. and international clients in a wide range of practice
areas, including Antitrust, Corporate and Securities; Entertainment, Media
and Communications; Finance and Bankruptcy; Government Contracts;
Intellectual Property; Labor and Employment; Litigation; Real Estate/Land
Use; Tax/Employee Benefits/Trusts & Estates; and White Collar Defense. The
firm was founded in 1927. For more information, please visit
www.sheppardmullin.com.