WALNUT CREEK, CALIF., February 26, 2009 – Archer Norris announced today that Kevin M. “Casey” Christensen has joined the firm as a partner and the new leader of its employment practice. Christensen joined the firm from Bullivant Houser Bailey where he was a shareholder practicing in the areas of employment counseling and litigation.
“Our clients rely on us to help them navigate the unique legal challenges of California business, including the complexities of California's employment laws,” stated managing partner Gene Blackard. “Under Casey’s experienced leadership, the employment team takes an interdisciplinary approach to providing employment litigation and counseling services to businesses throughout the State, enhancing our reputation as a go-to firm for companies doing business in California.”
“I am delighted to join a prominent firm with a robust yet flexible platform for providing employment law services to sophisticated business and insurance companies in California,” said Christensen. “Having already begun working with the employment and other practice groups at Archer Norris, I am confident that I’ll be able to enhance the employment practice and offer clients the exceptional service and stellar results they have come to expect from Archer Norris.”
Christensen litigates and advises on employment related risks, including wrongful discharge, harassment, discrimination, overtime issues, wage payments, layoffs and RIFs, protection of trade secrets, employee privacy issues, and virtually any other aspect of employee-employer relations. He received his J.D., cum laude, from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1993 and his B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1990.
About Archer Norris
Archer Norris, a Professional Law Corporation, is headquartered in Walnut Creek, with nearly 90 attorneys and offices in Newport Beach, Los Angeles and Sacramento, California. The firm counsels clients in complex litigation, insurance coverage, bad faith litigation, business, health care, public entity, environmental, and real estate transactions.
For more information about the firm, please contact Jann Dudley at 925.952.5406 or visit the Archer Norris website at www.archernorris.com.