Kirstin Muller is a partner in the firm's Los Angeles office.  Ms. Muller practices labor and employment law, representing clients in litigation before state and federal courts, as well as administrative agencies.  Her labor and employment law experience involves defending employers in a broad range of disputes involving discrimination, wrongful termination, wage and hour, and traditional labor law issues.  She has had success in numerous cases by achieving summary judgment for her clients and defending the decisions on appeal.  She recently won a significant appellate victory in a disability discrimination and interactive process case, Scotch v. Art Institute, 173 Cal. App. 4th 986 (2009).

Summary judgment granted on all five causes of action.  The plaintiff, a former faculty member of our client, made various allegations against the school and two former supervisors based on his medical condition (HIV-positive status), including that our client failed to engage in the interactive process and failed to accommodate his condition.  Based on the arguments made in our Motions for Summary Judgment, the Court found that our client and the former supervisors did not violate the Fair Employment and Housing Act or otherwise cause the plaintiff harm and dismissed the plaintiff’s lawsuit.