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Nancy L. Abell
Partner, Employment Law Department [email protected] Nancy Abell is the Global Chair of the firm's Employment Law Department, which spans from Shanghai to Frankfurt. A partner resident in the firms Los Angeles office, Ms. Abell is a trial lawyer who works exclusively in the representation of private and public employers in all aspects of employment law and litigation, including discrimination as well as wage and hour class actions; trials of statutory and common law claims; Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs systemic cases and affirmative action compliance reviews; unfair labor practice charges and other proceedings before the NLRB; organizing campaigns; labor negotiations; arbitrations; systemic charges and complaints before the EEOC, state anti-discrimination agencies, the Department of Labor and state wage and hour compliance agencies; and disability access cases under Title III and state laws. Her clients include major technology companies, defense contractors, manufacturing companies, professional firms, entertainment companies, financial institutions, and retailers. She has successfully defeated numerous high-profile discrimination and wage-hour class actions, represented numerous leading national law firms in partner and glass ceiling cases and defended members of the judiciary. Ms. Abell is a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and has been named in The Best Lawyers in America for 25 years. In 2010 she was named as one of the decades 40 most influential lawyers (one of three employment lawyers) by The National Law Journal. In 2011 she was recognized by Chambers USA as one of the top four employment defense lawyers in California and by the Legal 500 as one of Americas top six employment litigators and counselors. She also has been named by the Daily Journal as one of Californias Top 100 lawyers, Top Employment Lawyers and Top Women Lawyers. Ms. Abell is a member and past Chair of the Board of Governors of the Institute for Corporate Counsel, a past lawyer representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial
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Practice Areas
Technology Employment Litigation Employment Class Actions Employment Law Employment Counseling and Preventive Advice Appellate Litigation
Admissions
California Bar
Education
University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, J.D., 1979 Pitzer College, B.A., 1972
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Conference, a member of the Board of Advisors of the UCLA School of Law, and a member of the Advisory Boards of the National Employment Law Institute and American Employment Law Council. She is the author of An Employers Guide for Preparing Affirmative Action Programs, co-author of An Employers Guide to the Americans with Disabilities Act (1991), and author of the Federal Contractor Affirmative Action Compliance chapter of Employment Discrimination Law. Ms. Abell has written for several legal and personnel publications and has lectured extensively on a variety of employment matters. She regularly presents training sessions for justices and judges, including the Council of Chief Judges, representatives of the United States Courts and the Justices of the California Supreme Court, California Courts of Appeals, and the Connecticut and Washington judiciaries on employment issues. Prior to studying law, Ms. Abell was the Supervisor of the City of Los Angeles Affirmative Action Unit and a member of Mayor Tom Bradleys Affirmative Action Task Force and Advisory Committee on the Status of Women. Ms. Abell graduated first in her class from Pitzer College of the Claremont Colleges in 1972. She graduated Order of the Coif and Order of the Barristers from the UCLA School of Law in 1979. While there, Ms. Abell was co-winner of the Roscoe Pound Moot Court Competition, a member of the National Moot Court Team and an extern clerk to the Honorable Shirley Hufstedler, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
News
June 05, 2013 Paul Hastings Extensive Practice Strength Highlighted in The Legal 500 United States 2013 May 27, 2013 Paul Hastings Employment Practice Honored with Chambers Award for Excellence and Firms Leading Practices and Lawyers Ranked in Chambers USA 2013 June 14, 2012 Paul Hastings Soars in 2012 Edition of Legal 500 US June 07, 2012 Paul Hastings Excels in Chambers USA 2012 Guide
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Paul Hastings Excels in Chambers USA 2011 Guide June 01, 2011 Paul Hastings Soars in 2011 Edition of Legal 500 US June 14, 2010 Paul Hastings Garners Top Rankings in Chambers USA 2010 Guide June 07, 2010 Paul Hastings Excels in 2010 Edition of Legal 500 US January 06, 2010 Paul Hastings Selected as The American Lawyers Labor & Employment Litigation Firm of the Year June 17, 2008 Paul Hastings Attorneys Recognized as Super Lawyers and Rising Stars in Northern California, Southern California, Georgia, Illinois, New York and Washington, D.C. June 19, 2007 Paul Hastings Earns Top Marks in the Latest Volume of The Legal 500 US May 22, 2007 Paul Hastings Attorneys Named Top Women Litigators by Daily Journal May 20, 2007 Paul Hastings Attorneys Recognized as Super Lawyers in Southern California, Connecticut, Georgia, New York, San Diego and Washington, D.C. May 04, 2007 Paul Hastings Named Global Management Labour & Employment Law Firm of the Year for Second Consecutive Year August 29, 2006 Seven Paul Hastings Attorneys Recognized as Americas Leading Lawyers by
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Paul Hastings Practice Areas and Attorneys Earn Top Honors in Latest Edition of Chambers USA June 02, 2006 Paul Hastings' Nancy Abell and Donna Melby Named Top Women Litigators by the Daily Journal March 31, 2006 Paul Hastings named Global Labour and Employment Law Firm of the Year May 25, 2005 Paul Hastings Soars in Chambers USA 2005 Rankings
Publications
October 11, 2005 OFCCP Issues Final Rule: Federal Contractors Face New Record-Keeping Challenges Dealing with Internet Applicants
December 06, 2004 Affirmative Action Compliance in 2005: OFCCP Issues Proposed Standards Governing Compensation Discrimination Analyses
February 27, 2002 Supreme Court Raises Bar For Dismissing Discrimination Complaints
September 01, 2000 California Supreme Court Ruling On Arbitration Agreements May Require Revision Of Existing Agreements Used In California
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America's Top 50 Advocates Nancy Abell was named one of America's Top 50 Advocates by writing expert and law professor Ross Guberman in his latest book titled Point Made: How to Write Like the Nation's Top Advocates. June 07, 2012 Chambers USA 2012 111 lawyers and 40 practices were included in Chambers USA's 2012 list of leading lawyers and law firms in the United States. July 13, 2011 Daily Journal Top Labor & Employment Lawyers 2011 Six Paul Hastings lawyers were named to the Daily Journals annual list of Top Labor & Employment lawyers: George Abele, Nancy Abell, Elena Baca, Paul Cane, Donna Melby, and Kirby Wilcox. Of the 250 lawyers from various firms considered, 75 were selected for this distinction, which focuses on litigators and corporate and regulatory specialists on both the plaintiff and defense side of major labor and employment issues. May 12, 2010 Daily Journal Nancy Abell and Donna Melby have been selected as two of 2010's Top Women Litigators by the Daily Journal. April 01, 2010 Human Resource Executive Magazine Nancy Abell, Barbara Brown, Zachary Fasman, Paul Grossman, and John Wymer have been recognized as five of the Most Powerful Employment Attorneys for 2010 by Human Resource Executive Magazine. Jack Gallagher also made the 2010 Top Ten List for Labor in Human Resource Executive Magazine.
January 02, 2013 Law360 Awards
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Paul Hastings' Employment Law practice was recognized as one of Law360s "Top Practice Groups of The Year." May 23, 2010 Legal Media Group Nancy Abell, Stephen Berry, Barbara Brown, Paul Cane, Jr., Erika Collins, Zachary Fasman, Paul Grossman, Geoff Weirich, Kirby Wilcox , and Jeffrey Wohl have been recognized by Legal Media Group as leading experts in the Labor and Employment field. May 17, 2010 Legal Media Group Legal Media Group has recognized Nancy Abell and Marty Edelman as The Best of the Best in 2009 in the areas of Labor and Employment and Real Estate, respectively. May 19, 2010 Legal Media Group Legal Media Group recognized Nancy Abell, Barbara Brown, Paul Cane, Jr., Marty Edelman, Paul Grossman, Geoff Weirich, and John Wymer, III as The Best of the Best USA in 2009. July 14, 2010 The Daily Journal The Daily Journal named Nancy Abell, Elena Baca, Paul Cane, Jr., Donna Melby and Kirby Wilcox to their 2010 list of Top Employment Lawyers. Paul Hastings secured the most lawyers on the Top Employment Lawyers list than any other firm. September 22, 2010 The Daily Journal The Daily Journal named Nancy Abell, Rick Kirkbride, Bill Sullivan, and Charlie Thornton to its list of Top 100 California Leading Lawyers of 2010. May 11, 2011 The Daily Journal Los Angeles partners Nancy Abell, Elena Baca and Donna Melby were recognized by The Daily Journal as Top Women Lawyers of 2011 in California.
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The Daily Journal, Top Labor & Employment Lawyers 2012 Los Angeles partner Nancy Abell, Los Angeles partner Elena Baca, Orange County partner Stephen Berry, San Francisco partner Paul Cane, Palo Alto partner Bradford Newman and San Francisco partner Kirby Wilcox, were listed in The Daily Journals list of Top Labor & Employment Lawyers. May 09, 2012 The Daily Journal, Top Women Lawyers Partners Nancy Abell, Elena Baca, Holly House, Donna Melby, and Teri OBrien were named to The Daily Journal's Top Women Lawyers list for 2012. May 06, 2010 Who's Who Legal Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, a leading global law firm, announced today that Who's Who Legal has named 16 of the firm's lawyers to The International Who's Who of Management Labour & Employment Lawyers 2010 list. The lawyers include: Nancy Abell Barbara Brown Paul Cane, Jr. Erika Collins Zachary Fasman Kenneth Gage Paul Grossman Barbara Johnson Lesli Ligorner Neal Mollen Deborah Sankowicz Setsuko Ueno Christopher Walter Geoff Weirich Kirby Wilcox John Wymer III January 06, 2006 Paul Hastings' Donna Melby and Nancy Abell Named Top Women Litigators by the Daily Journal (2006)
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Paul Hastings Lawyers Nancy Abell, Paul Grossman and Al Latham Selected to the Daily Journal's Top California Labor & Employment Attorneys List (2009) July 30, 2009 The Ethisphere Institute, a leading international think-tank focusing on business ethics, has named Nancy L. Abell and Tim L. Dickinson to its 2009 Attorneys Who Matter list. This achievement recognizes lawyers who have made exceptional contributions to the corporate compliance field. The Ethisphere Institute selected lawyers based on area of expertise, peer/client endorsements, high-profile litigation cases handled, public service and legal community engagement, as well as academic involvement. The organization recognized Nancy within the Labor & Employment category and Tim within the FCPA category. May 24, 2013
Chambers and Partners: Award for Excellence The Firms Employment practice was honored with an Award for Excellence by Chambers and Partners.
