Diana Friedland

Diana Friedland's practice focuses on employment litigation and counseling.  She has successfully resolved wrongful termination, wrongful failure to hire, and wage and hour matters in both federal and state court, including claims of discrimination on account of employees' sex, race, age, pregnancy, and disability, as well as claims of failure to provide meal and rest breaks, failure to properly pay overtime, failure to comply with laws pertaining to criminal background checks, retaliation for complaining about illegalities in the workplace, and failure to provide statutorily mandated leaves of absence.

Ms. Friedland also drafts employment agreements, including severance agreements and confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements, as well as independent contractor agreements and employee handbooks.

Ms. Friedland began her career in the labor and employment group of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, regarded as one of the best global law firms.

 Prior to that, Ms. Friedland served as a legal extern to the Honorable John T. Noonan in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit as well as an extern for the United States Attorneys' Office in Los Angeles.