Betsy Johnson is the Office Managing Shareholder for the Los Angeles Office of the national employment and labor law firm, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash Smoak & Stewart, PC. Ms. Johnson has represented employers in California since 1985, working with California-based small and medium employers, as well as large multi-state employers.

Ms. Johnson actively partners with her clients to seek innovative and practical ways to best meet their unique needs.

Ms. Johnson’s areas of expertise include: state and federal wage and hour, employee compensation, employee leaves of absence, discrimination and harassment, performance management, discipline and termination, restrictive covenants and RIFs and reorganizations. She provides day-to-day advice on employment matters and “best practices.” She aggressively and cost-effectively represents employers in negotiating early case resolutions and defends her clients against claims brought in state and federal courts, and before government agencies.

Ms. Johnson played basketball for the University of South Carolina Lady Gamecocks. She also played basketball at Warwick University, winners of the English Inter-Collegiate Basketball Championship, for the Coventry Cougars and on the English National All-Star Team.