Kate Visosky

Ms. Visosky is an associate in the Labor and Employment Practice Group in the firm's Century City office.

Areas of Practice

Ms. Visosky's practice involves representing employers in all aspects of labor and employment litigation. She has successfully litigated and obtained dismissal, as well as favorably resolved, cases involving allegations of sexual harassment, age, race, gender, national origin, military, and pregnancy discrimination, and claims of wrongful termination, harassment, and retaliation. Ms. Visosky’s experience with wage and hour matters involves claims relating to overtime, meal and rest breaks, misclassification, and improper wage statements, matters adjudicated under Business and Professions Code section 17200, qui tam actions, and matters involving collective bargaining agreements.

Ms Visosky has handled all aspects of civil litigation defense from case inception through final stages. She has also successfully argued motions, taken and defended depositions, conducted interviews of client’s employees, and has drafted numerous legal documents including complaints, answers, discovery requests and responses, motions to compel, motions for summary judgment, oppositions to class certification, settlement agreements, motions in limine, and trial briefs.

Ms. Visosky second-chaired a binding arbitration involving claims for discrimination, harassment, and retaliation based on military service. Result: Judgment for the defense on all causes of action.

Ms. Visosky was the lead attorney in a pro bono immigration case in which she obtained permanent residency for a 16-year-old boy from Mexico who had been abandoned by his parents at birth, and came to the United States to escape gang violence.

Education

• J.D., University of Southern California (2006), Production Editor, Interdisciplinary Law Journal; Assisted Professor Elizabeth Garrett in updating and revising Foundations Press’ second edition of Legislation and Statutory Interpretation.
• B.A., University of California, Los Angeles (1997)
• Single-Subject California Teaching Credential, Azusa Pacific University (1999)

Clerkships

• Extern to the Honorable George Schiavelli, United States District Court for the Central District of California (2005)

Admissions

• California
• U.S. District Court for the Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Representative Matters

• H&R Block adv. Williams, RG 08366506 (Alameda Superior Court) (alleged exempt misclassification of office managers).
• Kaiser Foundation Hospitals adv. Louie, CV 10-670 DMG ( USDC C.D. Cal.) (lawfulness of on-duty meal period for graveyard shift hospital pharmacists).
• Kaiser Foundation Hospitals adv. Maricich, 3:10cv1375 WQH (USDC S.D. Cal.) (exempt misclassification of administrative services supervisors).
• Kaiser Foundation Hospitals adv. Martin, et al., BC 395992 (Los Angeles Superior Court) (exempt misclassification of nurse case managers).
• Kaiser Foundation Hospitals adv. Yam, RG 10498319 (Alameda Superior Court) (exempt misclassification of IT employees working as Desktop Support Leads).
• Kaiser Foundation Health Plan adv. Elsner, (American Arbitration Association) (alleged military discrimination).
• Kaiser Foundation Hospitals adv. Martin, et al., BC 395992 (Los Angeles Superior Court) (alleged exempt misclassification of nurse case managers).
• Kaiser Foundation Hospitals adv. Yam, RG 10498319 (Alameda Superior Court) (alleged exempt misclassification of nurse case managers).
• Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital, et al. adv. United States of America ex rel. Olenick, CV-06-4668 (USDC C.D. Cal.) (alleged violations of the False Claims Act).
• Prism Hospitality, L.P. adv. Pacheco, BC425021 (Los Angeles Superior Court) (alleged pregnancy discrimination/wrongful termination).
• Regis Corp., et al. adv. Hodges, PC 046480 (Los Angeles Superior Court) (single plaintiff wage and hour/wrongful termination action).
• SFN adv. McClellan, C10-05972(US DC N.D., Cal., 2010) (California Class action challenging the exempt status of the Company's Branch Managers).
• Starcrest Products of California adv. Teegarden, (American Arbitration Association) (age and disability discrimination; FMLA violations).
• Symantec Corp. adv. Sarkisian, BC 423476 (Los Angeles Superior Court) (alleged exempt misclassification of associate software engineers and associate SQA engineers).
• Technisource adv. Acosta, SACV11-364 (USDC C.D., Cal., 2011) (exempt misclassification of office manager; discrimination, retaliation and wrongful termination).
• Tesoro Refining and Marketing Co. adv. United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial & Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC, et al., CV-08-3720 (USDC C.D. Cal.) (alleged meal and rest period violations, failure to pay overtime, failure to provide accurate wage statements, waiting time penalties).
• United Health Services adv. Ethridge et al., BC 391958 (Los Angeles Superior Court) (alleged meal and rest period violations, failure to pay overtime, failure to provide accurate wage statements, waiting time penalties, unpaid business expenses).
• Walgreen Co. adv. Kelly, CGC-07-464347 (San Francisco Superior Court) (alleged exempt misclassification of retail assistant managers).
• Walgreen Co. Overtime Cases, Judicial Council Coordination Proceeding No. 4511 (Los Angeles Superior Court) (alleged meal and rest period violations, failure to pay overtime, failure to provide accurate wage statements).

Memberships

• Junior League of Los Angeles
• Greater Los Angeles Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumnae Association (Secretary)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association (Labor & Employment Section)

Articles

• Co- Author, "Litigation Settlement Schemes," Los Angeles Daily Journal, Vol. 120 No. 220 (November 2007)