Overview
Ken focuses his practice on employment class actions and advising companies, boards of directors and senior company officials in crisis management and "corporate" campaigns impacting companies and industries' futures. Ken has handled industry defining matters, often in matters involving class actions. He has particular experience in working with industry sectors including healthcare, hotels and resorts, college and professional sports, real estate and death services. He has a particular expertise in matters involving the "outsourced economy."
Ken also has deep experience in labor relations, discrimination litigation, trade secrets and non-compete issues as well as OSHA, DOL and FLSA matters. He is frequently quoted by major media outlets, regularly serves as an expert witness on legal issues, and has testified before legislative and regulatory bodies on behalf of his clients.
He serves as the Managing Partner of the Los Angeles - Century City office and as the Chair of the Firm's California Practice.
Honors & Recognitions
- Los Angeles Business Journal "Top 100 Lawyers" (2023)
- Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® for Employment Law – Management and Litigation - Labor and Employment (2016-2022, 2024-2025)
- Chambers USA Guide® (2009 – Present)
- Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers (Elected 2013)
- The Legal 500 United States: Labor & Employment (2013 – Present)
- Southern California Super Lawyers® (2007-2010, 2012-2024)
- The Daily Journal –Top 75 California Labor and Employment Lawyers (2010 – 2013; 2016, 2017, 2019)
Professional & Civic Associations
Press Room
- “If you are the smartest one in the room, you are in the wrong room.”
- Unattributed
Practices
Industries
- Employee Outsourcing
- Health Care
- Retail & Hospitality
- Sports & Entertainment
Education
Harvard Law School
- J.D., cum laude, 1985
Occidental College
- B.A., magna cum laude, 1982
Bar & Court Admissions
- California, 1985
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California