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    Alice Kwak

    Associate


    • Los Angeles
    • Office+1 213.629.6004
    • akwak@nixonpeabody.com
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    Introduction

    Alice Kwak has experience representing clients in a broad range of employment litigation matters and counsels employers on various labor law issues.

    Practice Areas

    Labor, Employment & BenefitsLabor & Employment LitigationTransactional Employment Due DiligenceWage-Hour Compliance & LitigationLabor Relations

    /My focus

    My practice focuses on advising and defending employers in all aspects of employment and labor litigation, including single-plaintiff and class and collective actions involving claims of wage and hour violations, harassment, discrimination, wrongful discharge, and retaliation, in federal and state courts and before administrative agencies.

    I also counsel employers on day-to-day employment-related issues to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws, including advising clients on policies and procedures, leaves, wage and hour laws, and hiring and termination.

    Employers trust me to perform due diligence reviews of labor and employment issues for mergers and acquisitions; draft and review employment contracts and separation agreements; train employees on discrimination, harassment, and retaliation prevention in the workplace; and conduct workplace investigations of allegations of employee misconduct.

    /Looking ahead

    There continues to be an evolving landscape regarding expansion of employees’ rights and protections in the workplace and legislation regarding same. These changes will impact employers, particularly those crossing state lines.

    /In the news

    • Law360

      UK safety biz Halma buys medical tool maker for $89 million

      This article mentions NP for representing Halma PLC in its acquisition of TeDan, a group of companies that develop, manufacture, and supply medical devices to surgeons. The NP deal team was led by New York City Corporate partner Dan Belostock and also included Corporate partners Alexandra Lopez-Casero and Thomas McCord of Boston, Kevin Grant of New York City, and Shahzad Malik of Los Angeles; Boston Government Investigations & White-Collar Defense partners Hannah Bornstein and Brian French; Boston Labor & Employment partner Jeff Gilbreth; Los Angeles Intellectual Property partner Seth Levy; Rochester Privacy & Technology counsel Jenny Holmes and Boston Corporate counsel David Crosby; Corporate associates Brian Kenney of Washington, DC and Tim Sharkey of New York City; Chicago IP associates Ben Rosborough and Eliana Torres; Los Angeles Labor & Employment associate Alice Kwak; Chicago IP senior paralegal Tim Fiester; and Chicago Corporate paralegal Astrid McGruder.

      Dec 20, 2023

    /Admitted to practice

    California
    U.S. District Court, Central District of California
    U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
    U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
    U.S. District Court, Southern District of California

    /Education

    University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings), J.D., cum laude
    University of California, Irvine, B.A.

    /Professional activities

    • Nixon Peabody Asian and Middle Eastern American Resource Group member
    • Nixon Peabody Women’s Resource Group member

    /Recognition

  • Selected, through a peer-review survey, for inclusion in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch 2025 in the field of Labor and Employment Law - Management; listed in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch since 2024
  • /Languages

    Korean

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