Joan Fife > Winston & Strawn LLP > San Francisco, United States > Lawyer Profile

Winston & Strawn LLP
101 CALIFORNIA STREET
39TH FLOOR
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111
CALIFORNIA
United States
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Work Department

Labor & Employment

Position

Joan Fife – Labor & Employment | Winston & Strawn

Joan Fife is the managing partner of Winston’s San Francisco office, heads the firm’s San Francisco Labor & Employment Practice, and represents employers throughout the country in class action employment litigation. Clients praise her “very good courtroom demeanor” and describe her as “one of the best attorneys for wage and hour class actions” that is “great at strategy and thinking about the best way to handle things” and knows “when it’s appropriate to be aggressive.”

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)

The expertise of Winston & Strawn LLP’s labor and employment team covers a wide range of contentious matters including whistleblower, discrimination, wrongful termination, misappropriation of trade secrets, and breach of contract mandates. The group routinely assists employers in the healthcare, professional services, and luxury goods segments. National practice chair Michael Roche is based in Chicago and has broad advisory and contentious labor and employment expertise. Also in Chicago, local managing partner Cardelle Spangler has acted on numerous high-profile discrimination matters. In San Francisco, Joan Fife is a seasoned class action practitioner whose practice encompasses wage and hour classification matters and suitable seating and rest break lawsuits.