Our Attorneys
Natasha J. Baker
John F. Baum
Jayne Benz Chipman
Richard J. Curiale
Anne Dahlgren
Amy A. Durgan
Stephen J. Hirschfeld
Dena Narbaitz
Kristin L. Oliveira
Carmen Plaza De Jennings
Felicia R. Reid
Donna M. Rutter
Mani Sheik
Ann E. Soter
John F. Baum
Jayne Benz Chipman
Richard J. Curiale
Anne Dahlgren
Amy A. Durgan
Stephen J. Hirschfeld
Dena Narbaitz
Kristin L. Oliveira
Carmen Plaza De Jennings
Felicia R. Reid
Donna M. Rutter
Mani Sheik
Ann E. Soter
Natasha J. Baker
Associate
415-835-9000
Associate
415-835-9000
Natasha Baker is an associate in the firm's San Francisco Office. She represents institutions of higher education and private employers in a wide range of legal matters pertaining to employment and student affairs.
John F. Baum
Partner
415-835-9006
Partner
415-835-9006
John Baum is a partner in the firm’s San Francisco office. His focus is in labor and employment law litigation and counseling on behalf of private and public employers, as well as educational institutions.
Jayne Benz Chipman
Associate
415-835-9000
Associate
415-835-9000
Jayne Benz Chipman is a senior associate in the firm's San Francisco office. Ms. Chipman has spent over fifteen years counseling and representing both private and public employers in California, with an emphasis on the public sector and higher educational institutions.
Richard J. Curiale
Partner
415-835-9000
Partner
415-835-9000
Richard Curiale is the Managing Partner of Curiale Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP. He is resident in the firm’s San Francisco, California office. In addition to spending a significant amount of time litigating employment disputes, Mr. Curiale also focuses a major part of his practice on supervisory training, preventive labor relations, union organizing, collective bargaining and arbitration.
Anne Dahlgren
Associate
415-835-9000
Associate
415-835-9000
Anne Dahlgren is an associate with Curiale Hirschfeld Kraemer and practices in the firm’s San Francisco office. Her practice involves counseling and litigation in all areas of employment and labor law, including discrimination, harassment, and wrongful termination, and she represents institutions of higher education and private employers in a wide range of legal matters pertaining to employment and student affairs.
Amy A. Durgan
Associate
415-835-9000
Associate
415-835-9000
Amy Durgan is an associate in the firm’s San Francisco office. Ms. Durgan represents private and public sector employers in a broad range of labor and employment law matters, including harassment, discrimination, wage and hour litigation, and wrongful termination.
Stephen J. Hirschfeld
Partner
415-835-9011
Partner
415-835-9011
Stephen Hirschfeld is a founding partner with the law firm of Curiale Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP, in San Francisco, California. He is also the Chief Executive Officer of the Employment Law Alliance (ELA), the world’s largest network of labor and employment lawyers.
Dena Narbaitz
Partner
415-835-9000
Partner
415-835-9000
Dena Narbaitz is a Partner in the firm's San Francisco office. Ms. Narbaitz’ practice focuses upon employment law, including providing counseling and litigation services to employers on a wide range of issues affecting the workplace, including wrongful termination, discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation and trade secrets claims.
Kristin L. Oliveira
Of Counsel
415-835-9051
Of Counsel
415-835-9051
Carmen Plaza De Jennings
Partner
415-835-9000
Partner
415-835-9000
Carmen Plaza de Jennings is a partner in the firm's San Francisco office. She practices in the area of labor and employment law, with an emphasis on the representation of public sector employers, including cities, counties, institutions of higher education, and special districts.
Felicia R. Reid
Partner
415-835-9000
Partner
415-835-9000
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.
Donna M. Rutter
Partner
415-835-9000
Partner
415-835-9000
Donna M. Rutter is a partner in the firm's San Francisco office. Ms. Rutter practices in the areas of wage and hour class actions, wrongful discharge, discrimination, harassment and retaliation litigation before federal and state courts and agencies, exclusively representing employers in all aspects of employment law matters.
Mani Sheik
Associate
415-835-9063
Associate
415-835-9063
Mani Sheik is an associate with Curiale Hirschfeld Kraemer and practices in the firm’s San Francisco office. His practice involves wage and hour litigation (including class action litigation), wrongful termination, harassment, and discrimination in state and federal courts, as well as in arbitration and mediation.
Ann E. Soter
Associate
415-835-9000
Associate
415-835-9000
Ann Soter is an associate in the firm’s San Francisco office. Ms. Soter represents private and public sector employers in a broad range of labor and employment law matters, including harassment, discrimination, wage and hour litigation, and wrongful termination.





