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| Practice Areas | Labor and Employment; Appellate Practice | | | Education | University of California at Davis, J.D., 1991, University of California at San Diego, B.A., 1987 | | | Admitted | 1991, California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth and Tenth Circuits; U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern, Central and Southern Districts of California | |
| Memberships | State Bar of California; American Bar Association (Member, Labor and Employment Section). | | | Born | Bremerton, Washington, April 26, 1950 | | | Biography | Felicia R. Reid is a partner in the firm's San Francisco office, and heads the firm's Wage and Hour practice group. Her practice focuses on both litigation and practical day-to-day advice and counsel to employers not only in the wage and hour arena, but also on the full range of labor and employment law matters. She has extensive experience representing employers before state and federal courts and agencies in cases involving wage/hour, discrimination, wrongful termination, reasonable accommodation, leave of absence, WARN Act, workplace violence, and employee privacy claims. She has a particular expertise in appellate practice and has been involved in a number of significant appellate cases. Ms. Reid is a former law clerk to Judge Robert Boocheever of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. An active participant in the Labor and Employment Law Section of the American Bar Association and its Fair Labor Standards Legislation Committee, she is a contributing editor to a number of national employment law treatises, Employment Discrimination Law (BNA 3rd Ed. 1996); The Fair Labor Standards Act, 2007 Cumulative Supplement (BNA 2007); Age Discrimination in Employment Law, 2007 Cumulative Supplement (BNA 2007); and The Family and Medical Leave Act, 2008 Cumulative Supplement (BNA 2008). Order of the Coif. Law Clerk to Judge Robert Boochever, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1991-1992. Contributing Editor, Lindemann & Grossman, Employment Discrimination Law (BNA 1996). Author: "Ethical Limitations on Investigating Employment Discrimination Claims: The Prohibition on Ex Parte Contact with a Defendent's Employees," 24 U.C. Davis Law Review (1991). Fellow: Fair Labor Standards Legislation Committee; Labor and Employment Law Section of the American Bar Association; AIDS Project East Bay (Member, Board of Directors, Secretary of the Board). | | | Reported Cases | Mukhtar v. California State University, 319 F.3d 1073 (9th Cir. 2003); Klem v. Santa Clara County, 208 F.3d 1085 (9th Cir. 2000); Smith v. Rae-Venter Law Group, 29 Cal. 4th 345 (2002); Okoli v. Lockheed Technical Operations Co., 36 Cal. App. 4th 1607 (1995); Gieg v. DRR, 407 F.3d 1038 (9th Cir. 2005). | | | ISLN | 901088503 | |
Articles by this lawyer on Martindale.com
Court of Appeal Affirms Enforceability of Settlement Agreements Releasing Disputed Wage ClaimsFelicia R. Reid, Natasha J. Baker, Glen E. Kraemer, Judy M. Iriye, September 4, 2009 A California appellate court recently provided some welcome clarification to an issue of great importance to private employers, affirming the enforceability of an employee's release of claims for unpaid wages. The decision, issued on February 26, 2009, is Chindarah v. Pick Up Stix, Inc.
Mandatory E-Verify Requirement Postponed Pending LitigationKathryn Dittrick Heebner, Felicia R. Reid, September 4, 2009 New federal regulations that require federal contractors to use the E-Verify System were scheduled to go into effect on January 15, 2009, but have now have been placed on hold until February 20, 2009 due to a lawsuit challenging the regulations.
Update on New COBRA SubsidyJudy M. Iriye, Felicia R. Reid, Mary J. Bosworth, August 31, 2009 By now, all employers should be aware that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) - otherwise known as the federal economic stimulus - mandates that employers subsidize 65% of COBRA premiums for up to nine months to individuals who were involuntarily terminated between September...
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