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Matt Gorman
Partner
Matt Gorman is a partner in the Boston office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. He is a member of the firm's employment litigation practice, which specializes in handling a variety of cases, including those involving race, sex, religion, age, national origin, harassment, and disability discrimination. In addition, Matt regularly counsels employers on hiring practices, employee and contractor classification, employment policies, employment contracts, terminations, and other issues that arise under federal, state, and local labor and employment laws.
Susannah K. Howard
Partner
Susannah K. Howard is a well-regarded labor and employment lawyer with significant experience in a range of employment and labor matters, including discrimination based on age, race, sex, national origin, and physical handicap; enforcement of non-compete agreements; wage-and-hour disputes; employee discipline and termination; and related matters. Susannah also conducts independent investigations on behalf of companies into high-profile allegations of employee misconduct. She has a notable track record of defending and representing clients in a diverse array of industries, including the technology, entertainment, insurance, finance, and travel sectors.
Steffen N. Johnson
Partner
Steffen Johnson is an experienced appellate practitioner who co-chairs the firm's national Supreme Court and Appellate practice.
Martin Luff
Partner
Martin Luff is a dual-qualified partner in the London office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he is a member of the firm’s employment practice. Martin focuses on UK, US, and international labor and employment law, and has extensive experience counseling clients in all aspects of the employment relationship. He supports clients on day-to-day UK human resources and personnel issues, including employment and consulting agreements, international employee transfers and expatriate arrangements, disciplinary and performance issues, senior executive terminations, and employment disputes. He also advises on employment matters related to domestic and cross-border business transactions. Additionally, Martin provides counsel on non-competition and non-solicitation covenants, redundancies and group layoffs, employment issues arising from US federal government contracts, record retention policies, and international data privacy and transfer laws.
Jason M. Storck
Partner
Jason specializes in representing employers in federal and state court litigation and before administrative agencies regarding all types of labor and employment law matters.
Marina C. Tsatalis
Partner
Marina advises and represents the world’s leading technology, communications, pharmaceutical, and life sciences companies in significant trade secret and employee mobility matters.
Rico Rosales
Partner Emeritus
Rico practiced employment law for more than 35 years and has seen virtually every type of employment issue faced by technology and growth companies.
Aren Balabanian
Of Counsel
Aren Balabanian is Of Counsel in the employment and trade secret group at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Aren regularly counsels employers regarding all aspects of the employment relationship, including terminations and reductions in force, enforceability of covenants not to compete, worker classification, employment contracts, hiring practices, employment policies, workplace investigations, and leave laws. He also advises employers on trade secret misappropriation issues, including employee raiding and solicitation matters. In addition, Aren counsels clients with respect to preventive measures designed to minimize the risks associated with hiring competitors' employees or addressing those employees who leave to join a competitor. He also regularly negotiates and drafts employment, release, and confidentiality agreements, and he has reviewed and drafted numerous employment policies.
Alison Genova
Of Counsel
Alison Genova is Of Counsel in Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati’s New York office, where she practices employment law and specializes in representing employers in disputes discrimination, harassment, retaliation, breach of contract (including restrictive covenants), wage and hour, wrongful termination, breach of fiduciary duty, misappropriation of trade secrets, and other types of labor and employment law matters. In addition, Alison counsels employers on various employment and labor issues, including employment and separation agreements, hiring practices, reductions in force, independent contractor and employee classifications, workplace investigations, and the drafting of effective employment policies and handbooks under federal, state and local law.
Heather G. Diles
Senior Counsel
Heather Diles is senior counsel in Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati’s employment law practice. Heather represents companies in federal and state court litigation and before administrative agencies regarding discrimination (including race, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, and disability), harassment, retaliation, breach of contract, wage and hour, wrongful termination, and numerous other types of employment law matters.
Lucas Carter
Associate
Lucas Carter is an associate in the New York office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he is a member of the employment and trade secret litigation practices. Prior to joining the firm, Lucas clerked for the Honorable Gary L. Sharpe of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York.
Matthew Chang
Associate
Matthew Chang is an associate in the Palo Alto office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Matthew represents clients in employment and trade secret litigation matters and counsels clients on pre-litigation matters that arise under federal, state, and local employment laws.
Quinn E. Christie
Associate
Quinn E. Christie is an associate in the New York office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he focuses on labor and employment law. Quinn’s practice involves disputes related to discrimination, harassment, pay equity, wages and hours of work, non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, misuse of proprietary information and trade secrets, breach of fiduciary duty, and enforcement of arbitration provisions. Quinn regularly counsels businesses nationwide on a range of labor and employment issues both during the ordinary course of operations and arising out of complex corporate transactions.
Chimene Cooper
Associate
Chimene Cooper is an associate in Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati’s Employment Law practice. With a strong litigation background, Chimene represents employers in both federal and state court and before administrative agencies, guiding them in resolving issues pertaining to discrimination, retaliation, restrictive covenants and trade secrets, wrongful termination, and compensation disputes, among other matters. She also counsels employers through all facets of employment, including, but not limited to, employee classification and audits, reductions-in-force, internal investigations, the drafting of nuanced employment agreements, and company policies. Furthermore, Chimene advises companies through various business transactions such as mergers and acquisitions, honing in on any employment-related aspects of a given transaction to mitigate risk and maximize potential value.
Sarah Eller
Associate
Sarah Eller is an associate in the San Francisco office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she is a member of the employment and trade secret litigation practices. Her practice includes advising clients on pre-litigation employment law matters, such as employee classification, hiring practices, employment policies, severance, wage and hour laws, and numerous other issues arising under federal, state, and local employment laws. Sarah also represents clients in employment and trade secret litigation matters and corporate transactions.