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Nancy L. AbellPartner, Employment Law Department

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ancy Abell is the Global Chair of the firm's Employment Law Department,

hich spans from Shanghai to Frankfurt. A partner resident in the firm’s Losngeles office, Ms. Abell is a trial lawyer who works exclusively in the

epresentation of private and public employers in all aspects of employment law

nd litigation, including discrimination as well as wage and hour class actions;

als of statutory and common law claims; Office of Federal Contract

ompliance Programs systemic cases and affirmative action compliance

eviews; unfair labor practice charges and other proceedings before the NLRB;

rganizing campaigns; labor negotiations; arbitrations; systemic charges and

omplaints before the EEOC, state anti-discrimination agencies, the Departmentf Labor and state wage and hour compliance agencies; and disability access

ases under Title III and state laws.

er clients include major technology companies, defense contractors,

anufacturing companies, professional firms, entertainment companies,

nancial institutions, and retailers. She has successfully defeated numerous

gh-profile discrimination and wage-hour class actions, represented numerous

ading national law firms in partner and glass ceiling cases and defended

embers of the judiciary.

s. Abell is a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and has

een named in The Best Lawyers in America for 25 years. In 2010 she was

amed as one of the decade’s 40 most influential lawyers (one of three

mployment lawyers) by The National Law Journal . In 2011 she was recognized

y Chambers USA as one of the top four employment defense lawyers in

alifornia and by the Legal 500 as one of America’s top six employment litigators

nd counselors. She also has been named by the Daily Journal as one of

alifornia’s “Top 100” lawyers, Top Employment Lawyers and Top Women

awyers.

s. Abell is a member and past Chair of the Board of Governors of the Institute

r Corporate Counsel, a past lawyer representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial

Los Angeles

T: 1(213) 683-6162

F: 1(213) 996-3162

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

Atlanta, Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Houston, London

Los Angeles, Milan, New York, Orange County, Palo Alto, Paris

San Diego, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Tokyo, Washington DC



onference, a member of the Board of Advisors of the UCLA School of Law, and

member of the Advisory Boards of the National Employment Law Institute and

merican Employment Law Council. She is the author of “An Employer’s Guide

r Preparing Affirmative Action Programs,” co-author of An Employer’s Guide to

he Americans with Disabilities Act (1991), and author of the Federal Contractor

ffirmative Action Compliance chapter of Employment Discrimination Law . Ms.

bell has written for several legal and personnel publications and has lectured

xtensively on a variety of employment matters. She regularly presents training

essions for justices and judges, including the Council of Chief Judges,

epresentatives of the United States Courts and the Justices of the California

upreme Court, California Courts of Appeals, and the Connecticut andWashington judiciaries on employment issues.

rior to studying law, Ms. Abell was the Supervisor of the City of Los Angeles

ffirmative Action Unit and a member of Mayor TomBradley’s Affirmative Action

ask Force and Advisory Committee on the Status of Women. Ms. Abell

raduated first in her class from Pitzer College of the Claremont Colleges in

972. She graduated Order of the Coif and Order of the Barristers from the

CLA School of Law in 1979. While there, Ms. Abell was co-winner of the

oscoe Pound Moot Court Competition, a member of the National Moot Court

eam and an extern clerk to the Honorable Shirley Hufstedler, United States

ourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

ews

une 05, 2013

aul Hastings Extensive Practice Strength Highlighted in The Legal 500 United

tates 2013

ay 27, 2013

aul Hastings Employment Practice Honored with Chambers “Award for

xcellence” and Firm’s Leading Practices and Lawyers Ranked in Chambers

SA 2013

une 14, 2012

aul Hastings Soars in 2012 Edition of Legal 500 US

une 07, 2012

aul Hastings Excels in Chambers USA 2012 Guide




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une 10, 2011

aul Hastings Excels in Chambers USA 2011 Guide

une 01, 2011

aul Hastings Soars in 2011 Edition of Legal 500 US

une 14, 2010

aul Hastings Garners Top Rankings in Chambers USA 2010 Guide

une 07, 2010

aul Hastings Excels in 2010 Edition of Legal 500 US

anuary 06, 2010

aul Hastings Selected as The American Lawyer’s Labor & Employment

tigation Firm of the Year

une 17, 2008

aul Hastings Attorneys Recognizedas Super Lawyers and Rising Starsin

orthern California, Southern California, Georgia, Illinois, New Yorkand

Washington, D.C.

une 19, 2007

aul Hastings Earns Top Marks in the Latest Volume of The Legal 500 US

ay 22, 2007

aul Hastings Attorneys Named Top Women Litigators by Daily Journal

ay 20, 2007

aul Hastings Attorneys Recognized as Super Lawyers in Southern California,

onnecticut, Georgia, New York, San Diego and Washington, D.C.

ay 04, 2007

aul Hastings Named Global Management Labour & Employment Law Firm ofe Year for Second Consecutive Year

ugust 29, 2006

even Paul Hastings Attorneys Recognized as America’s Leading Lawyers by







awdragon

une 05, 2006

aul Hastings Practice Areas and Attorneys Earn Top Honors in Latest Edition of

hambers USA

une 02, 2006

aul Hastings' Nancy Abell and Donna Melby Named Top Women Litigators by

e Daily Journal

arch 31, 2006

aul Hastings named Global Labour and Employment Law Firm of the Year

ay 25, 2005

aul Hastings Soars in Chambers USA 2005 Rankings

ublications

ctober 11, 2005

FCCP Issues Final Rule: Federal Contractors Face New Record-Keeping

hallenges Dealing with Internet Applicants

ecember 06, 2004

ffirmative Action Compliance in 2005: OFCCP Issues Proposed Standards

overning Compensation Discrimination Analyses

ebruary 27, 2002

upreme Court Raises Bar For Dismissing Discrimination Complaints

eptember 01, 2000

alifornia Supreme Court Ruling On Arbitration Agreements May Require

evision Of Existing Agreements Used In California







ankings & Awards

ebruary 23, 2011

merica's Top 50 Advocates

ancy Abell was named one of America's Top 50 Advocates by writing expert

nd law professor Ross Guberman in his latest book titled Point Made: How to

Write Like the Nation's Top Advocates .

une 07, 2012

hambers USA 2012 11 lawyers and 40 practices were included in Chambers USA's 2012 list of

ading lawyers and law firms in the United States.

uly 13, 2011

aily Journal Top Labor & Employment Lawyers 2011

ix Paul Hastings lawyers were named to the Daily Journal’s annual list of Top

abor & Employment lawyers: George Abele, Nancy Abell, Elena Baca, Paul

ane, Donna Melby, and Kirby Wilcox. Of the 250 lawyers from various firmsonsidered, 75 were selected for this distinction, which focuses on litigators and

orporate and regulatory specialists on both the plaintiff and defense side of

ajor labor and employment issues.

ay 12, 2010

aily Journal

ancy Abell and Donna Melby have been selected as two of 2010's Top

Women Litigators by the Daily Journal .

pril 01, 2010

Human Resource Executive Magazine

ancy Abell, Barbara Brown, Zachary Fasman, Paul Grossman, and John

Wymer have been recognized as five of the Most Powerful Employment

ttorneys for 2010 by Human Resource Executive Magazine . Jack Gallagher

so made the 2010 Top Ten List for Labor in Human Resource Executive

Magazine .

anuary 02, 2013

aw360 Awards





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aul Hastings' Employment Law practice was recognized as one of Law360 ’s

Top Practice Groups of The Year."

ay 23, 2010

egal Media Group

ancy Abell, Stephen Berry, Barbara Brown,

aul 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.

ay 17, 2010

egal Media Group

egal Media Group has recognized Nancy Abell and Marty Edelman as The

est of the Best in 2009 in the areas of Labor and Employment and Real Estate,

espectively.

ay 19, 2010

egal Media Group

egal Media Group recognized Nancy Abell, Barbara Brown, Paul Cane, Jr.,arty Edelman, Paul Grossman, Geoff Weirich, and John Wymer, III as The

est of the Best USA in2009.

uly 14, 2010

he Daily Journal

he Daily Journal named Nancy Abell, Elena Baca, Paul Cane, Jr., Donna

elby and Kirby Wilcox to their 2010 list of Top Employment Lawyers. Paul

astings secured the most lawyers on the Top Employment Lawyers list than

ny other firm.

eptember 22, 2010

he Daily Journal

he Daily Journal named Nancy Abell, Rick Kirkbride, Bill Sullivan, and

harlie Thornton to its list of Top 100 California Leading Lawyers of 2010.

ay 11, 2011

he Daily Journal

os Angeles partners Nancy Abell, Elena Baca and Donna Melby were

ecognized by The Daily Journal as Top Women Lawyers of 2011 in California.







































































uly 18, 2012

he Daily Journal, Top Labor & Employment Lawyers 2012

os Angeles partner Nancy Abell, Los Angeles partner Elena Baca, Orange

ounty partner Stephen Berry, San Francisco partner Paul Cane, Palo Alto

artner Bradford Newman and San Francisco partner Kirby Wilcox, were listed in

he Daily Journal ’s list of ‘Top Labor & Employment Lawyers.’

ay 09, 2012

he Daily Journal, Top Women Lawyers

artners Nancy Abell, Elena Baca, Holly House, Donna Melby, and Teri O’Brien

ere named to The Daily Journal 's “Top Women Lawyers” list for 2012.

ay 06, 2010

Who's Who Legal

aul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, a leading global law firm, announced today

at 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

wyers include:

ancy Abell

arbara Brown

aul Cane, Jr.

rika Collins

achary Fasman

enneth Gage

aul Grossman

arbara Johnson

esli Ligorner

eal Mollen

eborah Sankowicz

etsuko Ueno

hristopher Walter

eoff Weirich

irby Wilcox

ohn Wymer III

anuary 06, 2006

aul Hastings' Donna Melby and Nancy Abell Named Top Women Litigators by

e Daily Journal (2006)





























































une 24, 2009

aul Hastings Lawyers Nancy Abell, Paul Grossman and Al Latham Selected to

e Daily Journal's Top California Labor & Employment Attorneys List (2009)

uly 30, 2009

heEthisphere Institute, a leading international think-tank focusing on business

thics, has named Nancy L. Abell and Tim L. Dickinson to its 2009 Attorneys

Who Matter list.

his achievement recognizes lawyers who have made exceptional contributions

the corporate compliance field. TheEthisphere Institute selected lawyers

ased on area of expertise, peer/client endorsements, high-profile litigation

ases handled, public service and legal community engagement, as well as

cademic involvement. The organization recognized Nancy within the Labor &

mployment category and Tim within the FCPA category.

ay 24, 2013

Chambers and Partners: Award for Excellence

he Firm’s Employment practice was honored with an “Award for Excellence” by

hambers and Partners.





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