California Leave Law

Leslie E. Wallis

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.

• Shareholder and member of the firm’s Leave of Absence/Reasonable Accommodations practice group, Diversity and Inclusion practice group, Multistate Advice and Counseling group, Workplace Investigations group, Pay Equity group, and Well-Being Working group
• Has practiced employment law since 1998 with an emphasis on leaves of absence and accommodation issues, advice work, training, and litigating employment cases
• Currently focuses on advice and counsel across all areas of employment law
• Regularly conducts investigations and training for clients and businesses in a variety of areas including anti-harassment, diversity and inclusion, wage and hour, investigations, manager responsibilities, etc.
• Attended the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center’s year-long program in mindfulness and speaks and trains in this area for businesses and individuals
• List of publications and webinars can be found at https://ogletree.com/people/leslie-e-wallis/ this includes a monthly Keeping Current in California series which focuses on new California developments with an emphasis on leave of absence and accommodation issues
• Member of the California State Bar, admitted in all district and appellate courts in California, member of the LA County and Beverly Hills Bar Associations, former member of the executive committee of the Inns of Court associated with the BHBA, and formerly Certified mediator through Los Angeles County Courts, Member of Women Lawyers Association, mindfulness educator
• J.D. degree, University of California, Los Angeles; B.S. degree in ballet, with high honors, Indiana University
• Can be contacted at [email protected] or 213-438-5843

Charles L. Thompson, IV

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.

• Shareholder in Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.’s San Francisco office
• Counsels and defends employers in wrongful termination, discrimination, and other employment-related matters; these areas include trade secrets and unfair competition, California and federal leaves of absence, ADA compliance, and wage and hour compliance
• Creates and provides workplace training programs to California employers on sexual harassment, workplace violence, corrective action and discipline, workplace investigations, managing the borderline employee, and avoiding wrongful termination claims
• Was a judicial clerk for The Honorable Patrick E. Higginbotham of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• Has been a faculty member of the San Francisco Law School, where he taught constitutional law and employment discrimination law
• Has served as president of and outside counsel to Mission Neighborhood Centers, a nonprofit organization providing social services to the Mission District in San Francisco, California; in addition, he has served as first vice president, secretary and outside counsel to the NAMES Project Foundation, sponsor of the AIDS Memorial Quilt

Karen F. Tynan

Ogletree Deakins

Karen Tynan

Shareholder and Chair West Coast OSHA Practice, Ogletree, Deakins

Workplace Safety Practice – responding to incidents, serious accidents, and fatalities, handling OSHA inspections, appealing citations, and OSHA trials.

Published author

USMMA graduate

Admitted to Practice in California and the District of Columbia

Can be contacted at [email protected] or 707.508.8476