Kevin D. Reese is a Equity Principal in the San Francisco, California, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. He has a broad range of employment law experience where his day to day practice involves defending employers in wage and hour class action cases, and single plaintiff cases involving a variety of employment issues such as discrimination, harassment, reasonable accommodation, trade secrets, unfair competition, and employee raiding. Kevin began practicing in general commercial litigation and did so for 8 years before focusing in on complex employment disputes. Kevin has handled hundreds of matters in state and federal courts, arbitration, and before administrative agencies. He also has significant experience investigating allegations of workplace misconduct on behalf of employers. Kevin has represented employers in a wide variety of industries including transportation, health care, technology, retail, manufacturing, education, construction, hospitality, professional services, entertainment, agricultural and utilities. He regularly speaks on a broad range of employment issues.
Additionally, Kevin regularly partners with in-house legal attorneys, management, and human resource personnel, providing day-to-day advice and counsel on all aspects of California employment law. He works with his clients to provide solutions that best fit the practical needs of operating their businesses while being cognizant of the ever-increasing legal challenges to those operations.
During law school, Kevin was awarded Best Oralist during Intercollegiate Moot Court Competition where his team placed fourth nationally. Kevin externed for United States District Court Judge Phyllis Hamilton. Following law school, he served a two-year clerkship as a Staff Attorney with the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit working one year in the Civil unit and one year in the Motion unit. Kevin has also served as an adjunct professor at University of California Hastings College of Law, and has taught at University of California, Berkeley School of Law.
