In her counsel to California employers, Kimberly M. Jansen advises in a variety of disputes involving unpaid wage claims, claims of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wrongful termination. Jansen's background includes working with employers in such industries as restaurants, food and beverages, consumer goods and retail, and media. She enjoys advocating on behalf of corporate clients facing single plaintiff and class action litigation. Jansen builds upon her role as a trusted counselor and troubleshooter for clients when specific instances arise in the area of employee discipline, payment of wages, accommodation of disability, executive compensation and agreements, and protected leave issues. Jansen uses these aggregate experiences to inform her drafting and revising of employee handbooks for her clients
Jeff Bils has extensive knowledge of the issues employers and managers face, based on his professional background before he became an attorney. Bils was an editor in the local news departments of the Chicago Tribune and the Fresno Bee, and a reporter at various newspapers, including one summer at the Frankfurter Rundschau in Germany. During these years, Bils developed well-honed research, writing and interviewing skills that continue to be useful to his practice. He has management experience and also is a former business owner, having co-founded a non-emergency medical transportation company that was a Medi-Cal provider. Bils’ experience includes counseling business owners and executives on a range of federal, state and local employment law issues, reviewing handbooks and policies, and representing employers in litigation and other disputes. He has drafted pleadings, motions, mediation briefs, position statements, discovery responses, and settlement agreements. He has appeared in court and in agency proceedings on behalf of employers.