Emily co-chairs the firm’s labor and employment group and has a national practice focusing on complex employment and wage and hour litigation.
Emily is an accomplished trial lawyer who defends employers in complex employment litigation, including California and FLSA wage and hour class and collective actions, California representative PAGA actions, employment discrimination class actions, and complex whistleblower matters. Her clients include major retailers, financial services and life sciences companies, manufacturers and transportation providers. In addition to her litigation practice, Emily regularly counsels clients on employment-related matters, including harassment and discrimination investigations, “me too” issues, fair-pay compliance, employment contracts and noncompetition agreements, and reductions-in-force. Emily helps employers develop forward-thinking compliance practices that reduce wage and hour disputes and help mitigate other employment-related risks while keeping her client’s business goals firmly in mind.
Emily serves as co-chair of the firm’s diversity & inclusion committee, and is a member of the firm’s national associates committee. She also is a regular speaker on labor and employment, and class action issues and is a contributing author to the firm’s Employment & Labor Perspectives blog. Emily is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States District Courts for the Central, Southern, Eastern, and Northern Districts of California, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Ninth and Eleventh Circuits, the United States District Courts for the Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia, and the Superior, Appellate and Supreme Courts of California and Georgia.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Emily Burkhardt Vicente
- California Pay Data Reporting Portal Is Now Open – Employers Must Submit Pay Data Reports By May 8, 2024 - (Posted On Monday, February 05, 2024)
- How The U.S. Supreme Court’s Ruling On College Affirmative Action Programs May Impact Private Employers - (Posted On Monday, July 03, 2023)
- Los Angeles County to Lift COVID-19 Emergency Proclamation and Orders - (Posted On Friday, March 17, 2023)
- Ninth Circuit Holds California’s Ban on Mandatory Arbitration Agreements is Preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act - (Posted On Friday, February 24, 2023)
- San Francisco’s Family Friendly Workplace Amended Ordinance Gives Greater Flexibility - (Posted On Monday, July 18, 2022)
- Gov. Newsom Suspends Cal/OSHA’s Requirement That Unvaccinated Workers Wear Masks Indoors - (Posted On Friday, March 11, 2022)
- Congress Votes To End Mandatory Arbitration Of Sexual Assault And Sexual Harassment Claims - (Posted On Tuesday, March 01, 2022)
- California Enacts COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave For 2022 - (Posted On Thursday, February 10, 2022)
- California Adopts New CDC Guidance Regarding Quarantine and Isolation Periods with Its Own Twists - (Posted On Thursday, January 06, 2022)
- SCOTUS Could Deliver Good News to California Employers Looking to Enforce Class Action Waivers Against PAGA Claims - (Posted On Friday, December 17, 2021)
The Labor and Employment practice group at Hunton Andrews Kurth has been named a Go-To Thought Leader in the field of employment law by the National Law Review. Hunton’s Employment law group received this award for their coverage of California COVID-19 paid sick leave legislation, which saw ongoing updates and changes throughout the year 2022. In particular, authors Emily Burkhardt Vicente and Shane A. Le Master, who authored “California Enacts COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave For 2022,” which has reached nearly 30,000 readers so far this year.