Withers LLP
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Ann Wicks
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Work Department
Corporate
Position
Partner
Career
Ann advises founders and senior executives during negotiations of employment agreements, severance packages and other issues that arise during employment such as investigations, wage and hour issues, commission disputes, equal pay act violations, harassment or discrimination and other wrongful employment actions up to and including wrongful termination.
Ann has worked extensively with technology, video game, retail and other entities ranging from private start-ups to publicly traded companies. She advises and represents employers in classification audits before the California Employment Development Department and the California Department of Labor Standards and Enforcement. She also provides training on managing within the law and discrimination/harassment and assists with the employment-related aspects of M&A transactions.
Ann's experience includes litigation on both sides of employment issues, whether it’s defending companies in trials in state and federal courts, before administrative agencies and in union and non-union arbitrations or working with individuals who were subjected to commission reductions, harassment, discrimination or wrongful termination. She also has extensive experience drafting and responding to administrative complaints, preparing all forms of employment documents from executive contracts and commission plans to employee handbooks and performance reviews and advising employers on all aspects of the employment relationship.
Education
University of California, Berkeley School of Law, J.D.
California State University, Chico, B.A.