Los Angeles – Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Ferry Lopez as a partner in its Labor, Employment, and Workplace Safety practice. She joins the firm’s Los Angeles office from Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP.

Lopez concentrates her practice on a broad range of employment issues at the local, state, and federal levels. She primarily represents employers in various matters related to human resources management, including pay equity, compliance, payment of wages, reasonable accommodations, exemptions, terminations, and workplace investigations. Her clients span across industries, including hospitality, health care, banking and finance, fashion and retail, information technology, professional employer organizations, and staffing.

Lopez’s practice focuses on employment trial litigation and includes the defense of actions arising out of alleged violations of federal and state anti-discrimination and harassment laws, as well as class, collective, and representative actions arising out of alleged violations of federal and state wage and hour laws. She also represents management in bargaining and labor arbitrations. She has successfully represented employers before a variety of administrative and governmental agencies including the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the California Civil Rights Department, and the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement.

Gene Ryu, a leader of the firm’s Labor, Employment, and Workplace Safety practice area, commented: “Ferry is a welcomed addition to our global Labor, Employment, and Workplace Safety practice who increases the prominence of our growing Los Angeles-based team. Her experience advising and litigating in California spans a broad range of industries including complex traditional labor issues, and we are excited for her to continue to expand her practice at the firm.”

Christina Goodrich, managing partner of K&L Gates’ Los Angeles office, stated: “We are so pleased to welcome Ferry to our dynamic and growing Los Angeles office. Ferry is an important addition to our office, bringing with her sophisticated knowledge in key areas of labor and employment litigation and counseling.”

Lopez’s arrival follows the addition of New York partner Maria Cáceres-Boneau and Dallas partner Brent Hockaday to the firm’s Labor, Employment, and Workplace Safety practice this year.

Lawyers in K&L Gates’ Labor, Employment, and Workplace Safety practice and Global Employer Solutions area advise domestic and international clients in the technology, pharmaceuticals, retail, banking, manufacturing, hospitality, transportation, broadcasting, construction, mining, energy, financial services, and health care industries, among others, on a variety of regional and cross-border labor and employment issues. K&L Gates’ Global Employer Solutions team counsels corporations and entities across numerous countries and jurisdictions in meeting the challenges of their global business needs. The practice also publishes its annual Global Employer Guide, which offers a concise, easy-to-read summary of employment law across numerous countries.