HannaJolkovsky
Associate
Labor & Employment
hjolkovsky@seyfarth.com
Hanna represents clients in all phases of employment disputes, from conducting pre-litigation investigations through trial.
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Hanna advises and represents employers across a broad range of employment law issues, including discrimination, retaliation, harassment, and wrongful termination. She works closely with clients to develop legal solutions that address their unique concerns.
She has significant experience defending employers against complex wage and hour class actions, Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) representative actions, and Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective actions in federal and state courts. She also has experience defending employers against group actions brought by government agencies, including the California Civil Rights Department and the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Hanna draws upon her prior experience as a litigator at a top-tier, multinational law firm, and as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Gina M. Groh of the US District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, to advocate on behalf of her clients. Hanna honed her skills for legal writing and research throughout law school, during which she served as a judicial extern to the Honorable George H. Wu of the US District Court for the Central District of California, and participated in Pepperdine’s Ninth Circuit Appellate Advocacy Clinic, where she successfully briefed and argued a case before the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
She has significant experience defending employers against complex wage and hour class actions, Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) representative actions, and Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective actions in federal and state courts. She also has experience defending employers against group actions brought by government agencies, including the California Civil Rights Department and the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Hanna draws upon her prior experience as a litigator at a top-tier, multinational law firm, and as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Gina M. Groh of the US District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, to advocate on behalf of her clients. Hanna honed her skills for legal writing and research throughout law school, during which she served as a judicial extern to the Honorable George H. Wu of the US District Court for the Central District of California, and participated in Pepperdine’s Ninth Circuit Appellate Advocacy Clinic, where she successfully briefed and argued a case before the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
- JD, Pepperdine University School of Law
Magna cum laude
Order of the Coif
Dean’s Merit Scholar
Pepperdine Law Review, literary citation editor
Pepperdine Ninth Circuit Clinic - BA, University of Southern California
History & International Relations; Korean Studies (minor)
Summa cum laude
Phi Beta Kappa
- California
- US District Court, Central District of California
Hanna represents clients in all phases of employment disputes, from conducting pre-litigation investigations through trial.
More About Hanna
Hanna advises and represents employers across a broad range of employment law issues, including discrimination, retaliation, harassment, and wrongful termination. She works closely with clients to develop legal solutions that address their unique concerns.
She has significant experience defending employers against complex wage and hour class actions, Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) representative actions, and Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective actions in federal and state courts. She also has experience defending employers against group actions brought by government agencies, including the California Civil Rights Department and the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Hanna draws upon her prior experience as a litigator at a top-tier, multinational law firm, and as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Gina M. Groh of the US District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, to advocate on behalf of her clients. Hanna honed her skills for legal writing and research throughout law school, during which she served as a judicial extern to the Honorable George H. Wu of the US District Court for the Central District of California, and participated in Pepperdine’s Ninth Circuit Appellate Advocacy Clinic, where she successfully briefed and argued a case before the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
She has significant experience defending employers against complex wage and hour class actions, Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) representative actions, and Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective actions in federal and state courts. She also has experience defending employers against group actions brought by government agencies, including the California Civil Rights Department and the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Hanna draws upon her prior experience as a litigator at a top-tier, multinational law firm, and as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Gina M. Groh of the US District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, to advocate on behalf of her clients. Hanna honed her skills for legal writing and research throughout law school, during which she served as a judicial extern to the Honorable George H. Wu of the US District Court for the Central District of California, and participated in Pepperdine’s Ninth Circuit Appellate Advocacy Clinic, where she successfully briefed and argued a case before the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
- JD, Pepperdine University School of Law
Magna cum laude
Order of the Coif
Dean’s Merit Scholar
Pepperdine Law Review, literary citation editor
Pepperdine Ninth Circuit Clinic - BA, University of Southern California
History & International Relations; Korean Studies (minor)
Summa cum laude
Phi Beta Kappa
- California
- US District Court, Central District of California