EMPLOYMENT AND LABOR INSIDER - Key Persons


Aadil Muhammad

Job Titles:
  • Attorney / San Francisco
Aadil represents employers in a range of cases involving employment litigation matters, including discrimination claims, in both state and federal courts, as well as arbitration settings. His skill set spans a wide range, encompassing tasks such as crafting legal documents, formulating motion papers, overseeing written discovery processes, orchestrating and safeguarding depositions involving both experts and non-experts, engaging in mediation sessions, and contributing to the assembly of trial materials. His in-depth familiarity with employment law uniquely equips him to adeptly navigate the complexities of employer-centered defense strategies. Aadil's ability to champion causes has been honed during his tenure in Public Defense, where he staunchly advocated for the rights of the less privileged. Now, this same advocacy prowess is channeled towards safeguarding the interests of employers.

Aarika Johnson

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  • Attorney / Dallas
Aarika represents employers in essential workplace matters and provides valuable guidance to mitigate legal risk and ensure compliance with local, state, and federal laws. She leverages her experience representing employers in a variety of proceedings, including Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Texas Labor Code, the Texas Civil Service Statute, and wage and hour laws, among others. Aarika zealously works with clients to find solutions that fit with their organizational goals. With experience in litigation, arbitration, mediation, and government agency proceedings, she has extensive knowledge of the complicated challenges that face all parties involved in these high-stakes disputes.

Aaron Chang

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  • Attorney / Winston - Salem
Aaron's practice involves representing and advising employers in a range of issues including discrimination and harassment claims, wage and hour claims, and workplace policy formation and implementation. Aaron's prior experience as in-house counsel at a global Korean food manufacturing company allows him to bring a unique perspective to employers he represents. While working in-house, he worked side by side with management on a daily basis to solve a wide range of issues. Knowing first-hand the pressures that business leaders face when weighing the risks and costs of their decisions allows Aaron to tailor his practice to best maximize returns for his clients. Aaron is also cognizant of the cultural issues that foreign companies face when operating in the United States, under U.S. law, and is able to assist companies in navigating those issues.

Alexandra "Sasha" Thaler

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  • Partner / Boston
Alexandra (Sasha) has nearly two decades of experience advising and defending employers across a variety of industries in matters impacting their workplaces - from compliance with an array of labor and employment regulations to alternative dispute resolution and employment litigation. As a thought leader in the labor and employment legal space, Sasha is a sought-after presenter on topics related to the changing workplace regulatory landscape.

Allison Prout

Job Titles:
  • Senior Counsel / Rochester
Allison is a member of the Constangy Cyber Team and specializes in data privacy and contractual security requirements, and represents clients in high-stakes technology transactions involving intricate regulatory and business needs. She focuses her contracting practice on a wide range of IT-related areas, including software as a service (SaaS), infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), professional services, software, licensing, data survey, hosting, and other agreements.

Allyce M. Estremera

Job Titles:
  • Attorney / Philadelphia
  • Member of the Constangy Cyber Team
Allyce is a member of the Constangy Cyber Team and assists clients in responding to data security incidents and complying with data privacy legislation. Prior to joining a law firm, Allyce gained valuable experience in a multitude of outlets. She served as a judicial clerk in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. During her time at Temple University Beasley School of Law she worked as a summer associate at a regional law firm where she drafted a GDPR compliance guide. She also worked as a litigation paralegal for an international law firm after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania College of Arts and Sciences before joining law school.

Alok K. Gupta

Job Titles:
  • Senior Counsel / Los Angeles
Alok served as the General Counsel for nearly 15 years at two mid-size manufacturing companies before joining Constangy. In this capacity, he acted as the primary legal advisor to the CEO, CFO, and other senior management members. Notably, at one of these companies, he also led Human Resources. Alok's key responsibilities included strategic legal advising, analyzing and proposing solutions in alignment with business objectives, and mitigating legal risks. He ensured the organization's compliance with applicable laws and regulations and handled all litigation and legal disputes. Alok also led teams of lawyers, both in-house and outside counsel. Leveraging his experience as an in-house counsel, Alok provides invaluable guidance to employers on all facets of labor and employment law, including compliance with anti-harassment, discrimination, privacy and workplace laws, effective performance management, planning for layoffs, mergers and acquisitions, and wrongful termination. Before transitioning to in-house counsel in 2008, Alok was in private practice in Los Angeles-based law firms.

Alyssa K. Peters

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  • Partner / Macon / Atlanta
Alyssa works in Constangy's Macon, Georgia office. Alyssa practices in all areas of employment and labor law with an emphasis in employment litigation and management training. Alyssa has represented a broad range of clients in employment and traditional labor matters, specializing in single-plaintiff cases, class action litigation and wage and hour compliance litigation. Alyssa also advises employers on a wide topic of practical management and employer issues such as EEO policies, attendance and leave policies and non-competition and non-solicitation agreements. Alyssa enjoys taking an active role with her clients to really learn and understand their working environment in an effort to help problem solve employment issues and find creative solutions. She works with small employers to help them navigate the employment arena, as well as large national companies representing them in complex litigation.

Amy Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Chief HR Officer / Atlanta, GA

Angelique Lyons

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Partner / Port St. Lucie, FL

Anjie Cabrera

Job Titles:
  • Hispanic National Bar Association Corporate Counsel Conference
  • Named Chair of the Hispanic National Bar Association 's Labor & Employment Law Section

Constangy Grieves

Job Titles:
  • Partner

David C. Kurtz

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Partner / Boston

Dean Kpere-Daibo

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Dean Kpere - Daibo
  • Partner, Ad Hoc, EC / St. Louis, MO

Geoffrey Gilbert

Job Titles:
  • Dean Kpere - Daibo

Heather Lake

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee

Jennifer Griffin Scotton

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Chief Marketing Officer / Atlanta, GA

Jim Goh

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Partner / Denver, CO

Joanna MacMillan

Job Titles:
  • Named President of Century City Bar Association

Kenneth Sulzer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Partner / Los Angeles, CA

Kimberly Seten

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Partner
  • Financial Partner

Kimberly Talley

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Partner / Los Angeles, CA
  • Recognized As a Leader of Influence - Litigator & Trial Attorney by the Los Angeles Business Journal

Kristine Sims

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Partner / Winston - Salem, NC

Lara C. de Leon

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Partner / Austin, TX

Lauren Godfrey

Job Titles:
  • Co - Authors Book on Cyber Insurance for Businesses

Mary Dohner Smith

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Partner / Nashville, TN

Matthew Squire

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Chief Financial Officer / Atlanta, GA

Maureen Knight

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Partner

Michael Z. Green

Job Titles:
  • Research Contributor

Neil H. Wasser

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee / Atlanta, GA

Patricia-Anne Brownback Speaks

Job Titles:
  • Employee

R. Evan Jarrold

Job Titles:
  • Dean Kpere - Daibo

Robin E. Shea

Job Titles:
  • Partner
Robin Shea is a partner with leading national labor and employment law firm Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP.

Scott Southerland

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Chief Information Officer / Atlanta, GA

Teresa Rider Bult

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Administrative Partner
  • Highlights Remote Associate Development Strategy in Mid - Market Pro

Thy Bui

Job Titles:
  • Named President - Elect of the NAPABA Board of Governors

Victoria Brown

Job Titles:
  • Media Contact Information

Washington DC Metro

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee