Sarah Taylor Wirtz - Attorneys - Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP ~ Full service entertainment law firm

Legal Expertise

Represents management in a variety of labor and employment matters, including employment discrimination, harassment, failure to accommodate, wage and hour, retaliation, and wrongful termination.

Representative Matters

Drafted comprehensive employee manuals for multi-state companies, including policies related to leaves of absence, confidentiality of information, and various benefit programs.
Advised clients on a variety of discipline and termination-related issues.
Member of the team representing a major Los Angeles employer appealing the results of a union election to the NLRB.
Served as in-house employment counsel for international food company (2005-2006).

Associate - Los Angeles

Email Sarah Taylor Wirtz

Phone:

(310) 312-3124

Fax:

(310) 231-8324

Practice Area

Labor & Employment

Education

University of California Los Angeles School of Law, J.D., 2001
Member, Spring 1999, Women's Law Journal; Wenzel Scholarship, 1998; Moot Court Participant, Fall 1999
University of California Los Angeles, B.A., 1998; summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa; UCLA Honors Program

Court Admissions

California
USDC, Central District of California
USDC, Northern District of California
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Publications and Presentations

Talking Dirty: Court of Appeal Rejects Harassment Claim Based on Vulgar Speech, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp Labor & Employment Alert (July 2011)
President Obama Expands FMLA Rights For Family Members Of Military, MS&K Labor & Employment Alert (November 2009)
Speaker, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Update: Family Members of Military, TAG Academy (March 2008)
FMLA Expanded for Family Members of Military, MS&K Labor & Employment Alert (February 2008)
Speaker, Changes to FMLA Military Leave Rules: What You Need to Know, Business & Legal Reports (February 2008)
Author, Regulation of Talent Agents in California: A Review of the California Talent Agencies Act , presented to the Sports and Entertainment Committee of the Labor Section of the American Bar Association (March 2004)
Employer Liability Under Labor Code Section132A: The Pendulum Starts to Reverse, MS&K Labor & Employment Alert (August 2003)
The Demise of the Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine, MS&K Labor & Employment Alert (October 2002)

Other Career Experience

Extern to United States Court of Appeals Judge Arthur Alarcón, Ninth Circuit, Los Angeles
Intern, Juvenile Diagnostic Department, Superior Court Social Services Division, Washington, D.C.