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
- A Cautionary Tale for Employers Who Settle Dueling PAGA Claims - (Posted On Thursday, November 11, 2021)
- The Ninth Circuit, Mandatory Arbitration Agreements, and “Clown Bop Bags” - (Posted On Monday, September 20, 2021)
- California Supreme Court Adopts New Premium Pay Calculation for Meal and Rest Break Violations - (Posted On Wednesday, July 21, 2021)
- Cal/OSHA Standards Board Votes to Adopt Revisions to COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) - (Posted On Friday, June 18, 2021)
- CalOSHA Withdraws Recently Proposed Revisions to its COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) - (Posted On Friday, June 11, 2021)
- Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance: What are the Risks, Really? - (Posted On Wednesday, March 31, 2021)
- California Passes New COVID-19 Sick Leave Requirements for 2021 - (Posted On Tuesday, March 23, 2021)
- California Bill Proposes To Require Employer-Subsidized Backup Childcare Benefits - (Posted On Monday, March 01, 2021)
- California Supreme Court Declares Employers Cannot Round Workers’ Time At The Meal Period And Records Can Raise Rebuttable Presumption Of Violations - (Posted On Friday, February 26, 2021)
- New CA Law Requires Employers to Submit Annual Pay Data Reports - (Posted On Monday, October 05, 2020)
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.