Outten & Golden LLP: Jennifer Schwartz Joins San Francisco Office

SAN FRANCISCO and NEW YORK, July 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Jennifer Schwartz has joined Outten & Golden LLP as a partner in the firm's San Francisco office, leading the firm's West Coast practice representing individual employees.

Ms. Schwartz represents employees, including senior executives, in a wide variety of employment matters, ranging from wrongful termination, discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation claims to the negotiation of employment, severance, restrictive covenant, and trade secret agreements. She is a member of the firm's Executives and Professionals Practice Group, Family Responsibilities and Disability Discrimination Practice Group, Discrimination and Retaliation Practice Group, and Whistleblowing-Retaliation Practice Group.

With more than 25 years of trial, arbitration, and mediation experience, Ms. Schwartz represents employees exclusively in state and federal courts, before administrative agencies, and in appellate matters. An advocate of counseling and negotiation, she also uses mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution and problem-solving to avoid litigation when appropriate.

Wayne N. Outten, managing partner of Outten & Golden, said, "Jennifer is a highly skilled lawyer with diverse experience who will further strengthen our practice representing individual employees and professionals. Whether litigating or negotiating, she will be a strong advocate for our firm's clients on the West Coast and elsewhere."

Ms. Schwartz said, "Outten & Golden has earned a strong national reputation for representing employees, executives and partners in individual, group, and class action matters. I am pleased to join a firm whose lawyers are dedicated, compassionate, and tenacious advocates in protecting and promoting employee rights."

Ms. Schwartz is a graduate of Yale University and New York University School of Law. She completed her third year of law school at Stanford School of Law. She is recognized as a Super Lawyer for Northern California. She is a member the California bar, is pending admission to the New York State Bar, and is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Eastern and Central Districts of California and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

About Outten & Golden LLP

With offices in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco, Outten & Golden represents individuals, including employees, executives, partners, professionals and other talent, in all industries, in all professions, and at all employment levels. As advocates for workplace fairness, the firm's attorneys in nine practice groups advise and represent clients in matters involving former, current, and potential future employers and partnerships. O&G also represents groups of employees, such as executive teams in transition, and represents employees in class and collective actions based on discrimination, wage-and-hour, and WARN Act violations. The firm's international practice reaches across borders to represent and protect multinational employees, executives, and professionals.

Contact: Wayne N. Outten, Outten & Golden LLP, 212.245.1000.

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