People: Ann H. Qushair, Senior Counsel
Ann H. Qushair
Senior Counsel
Biography
Ms. Qushair joined Seyfarth Shaw LLP in 2003. She is Senior Counsel in the Labor & Employment Department in the Los Angeles office but she regularly assists colleagues in other offices in the Firm’s other practice groups/departments with appellate matters. Ms. Qushair devotes the majority of her practice to civil appellate and writ law before the California Courts of Appeal, California Supreme Court, and Ninth Circuit, both as party and amicus counsel. She is one of the Firm’s principal appellate attorneys and is taking the lead in expanding and formalizing the Firm’s appellate practice. As a litigator, Ms. Qushair’s practice involves representing employers in all aspects of labor and employment litigation, including wrongful termination, employment discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour, and breach of contract, under California law. Ms. Qushair also provides employment law counseling.
Ms. Qushair has represented private employers in a variety of industries, including Hospitality, Personal Service, Transportation, Finance, and Communications on a wide range of substantive areas, including employment law, workers’ compensation law, insurance law, intellectual property law, and mortgage law.
Ms. Qushair joined Seyfarth Shaw LLP in 2003. She is Senior Counsel in the Labor & Employment Department in the Los Angeles office but she regularly assists colleagues in other offices in the Firm’s other practice groups/departments with appellate matters. Ms. Qushair devotes the majority of her practice to civil appellate and writ law before the California Courts of Appeal, California Supreme Court, and Ninth Circuit, both as party and amicus counsel. She is one of the Firm’s principal appellate attorneys and is taking the lead in expanding and formalizing the Firm’s appellate practice. As a litigator, Ms. Qushair’s practice involves representing employers in all aspects of labor and employment litigation, including wrongful termination, employment discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour, and breach of contract, under California law. Ms. Qushair also provides employment law counseling.
Ms. Qushair has represented private employers in a variety of industries, including Hospitality, Personal Service, Transportation, Finance, and Communications on a wide range of substantive areas, including employment law, workers’ compensation law, insurance law, intellectual property law, and mortgage law.
Education
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J.D., Cornell Law School (1994)
Moot Court Executive Board (1992-1994) Moot Court Competitor - Finalist (1993) & Quarterfinalist (1992)
Editor, Journal of Law & Public Policy (1992-1994) -
B.A., University of California, Irvine (1991)
cum laude
Courts
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. District for the Central District of CAlifornia







