Ms. Barker is an associate in the San Francisco office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP.  A member of the Labor & Employment department, she represents management in a broad range of labor and employment matters.  Her practice is focused on employment litigation and includes the defense of class, collective, multi-plaintiff and single-plaintiff actions arising out of alleged violations of Title VII, California Labor Code, the Fair Labor Standards Act and state statutes prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.

In addition to her litigation practice, Ms. Barker counsels employers in all areas of Labor and Employment law, including the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, California Labor Code, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and other state and federal statutes.  Ms. Barker likewise provides day-to-day counseling and advice to clients reqarding the interface of state and federal law with the employment relationship, including employee complaints, workplace investigations, leaves of absence and the interactive process. 

Prior to joining Seyfarth Shaw, Ms. Barker served as law clerk to the Honorable Chief Justice Paul Reiber of the Vermont Supreme Court.  During law school, Ms. Barker externed for Associate Chief Administrative Law Judge Mary Miller Cracraft at the National Labor Relations Board Division of Judges and for the Honorable Carlos Bea of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.  Ms. Barker has also authored several published law review articles, she has been interviewed and quoted as legal authority by the BNA and her scholarship has been cited by the American Law Reports.

Ms. Barker is an associate in the San Francisco office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP.  A member of the Labor & Employment department, she represents management in a broad range of labor and employment matters.  Her practice is focused on employment litigation and includes the defense of class, collective, multi-plaintiff and single-plaintiff actions arising out of alleged violations of Title VII, California Labor Code, the Fair Labor Standards Act and state statutes prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.

In addition to her litigation practice, Ms. Barker counsels employers in all areas of Labor and Employment law, including the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, California Labor Code, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and other state and federal statutes.  Ms. Barker likewise provides day-to-day counseling and advice to clients reqarding the interface of state and federal law with the employment relationship, including employee complaints, workplace investigations, leaves of absence and the interactive process. 

Prior to joining Seyfarth Shaw, Ms. Barker served as law clerk to the Honorable Chief Justice Paul Reiber of the Vermont Supreme Court.  During law school, Ms. Barker externed for Associate Chief Administrative Law Judge Mary Miller Cracraft at the National Labor Relations Board Division of Judges and for the Honorable Carlos Bea of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.  Ms. Barker has also authored several published law review articles, she has been interviewed and quoted as legal authority by the BNA and her scholarship has been cited by the American Law Reports.