Archives: People

Posted May 18, 2026

Muteeat A. Lawal

Muteeat is a litigator who represents companies in labor and employment matters. She brings seven years of experience litigating complex matters in state and federal courts, with a background spanning criminal prosecution, civil defense, and institutional advisory work. As a …

Posted May 15, 2026

Barbara Thoemke

Barbara serves as an Immigration Case Manager, supporting clients and attorneys across the Immigration practice. She brings more than 15 years of experience in roles that closely parallel the demands of immigration case management: coordinating complex, deadline-driven processes across large …

Posted April 10, 2026

Rene Fitzgerald

Rene is an attorney in the firm’s Corporate Immigration practice group. He focuses on employment-based immigration matters, bringing deep expertise in managing complex immigrant and non-immigrant petitions for regional and international companies across a wide range of industries. In his …

Posted April 10, 2026

Cory Strecker

Cory defends employers against employment-related claims, including discrimination, retaliation, whistleblower matters, trade secrets disputes, and wage-and-hour cases, and counsels companies on compliance strategies and workforce management to reduce litigation exposure. He also has experience in products liability, personal injury, and …

Posted March 5, 2026

Jessica M. Beheydt

Jessica is an attorney in the firm’s Labor and Employment practice group. She brings experience in courtroom advocacy, appellate analysis, and complex legal research, with a background that includes clerking at the state supreme court level and representing clients in …

Posted February 2, 2026

Jeffrey D. Wohl

Jeffrey Wohl is a highly experienced employment attorney who advises employers on the full spectrum of California and federal employment law matters. He brings decades of experience representing national and regional companies across industries, including technology, biotechnology, financial services, and …

Posted January 2, 2026

Chelsea Vilchis

Chelsea Vilchis is a versatile litigator and legal counselor who seamlessly navigates various practice areas within the firm, including product liability and complex torts, business litigation, and labor and employment. In the realm of product liability and complex tort matters, …

Posted August 20, 2025

Christopher T. Ruska

Chris divides his legal practice between the labor and employment and the business litigation teams. In the employment law realm, he has developed expertise in advising and resolving restrictive covenant and trade secret matters. He also defends employers against individual …

Posted August 18, 2025

Sanskruti Panse

Sanskruti is an experienced and compassionate immigration case manager with seven years of expertise in immigration. Before joining NJL, she practiced U.S. immigration law in India, managing a substantial caseload of non-immigrant visas like H-1B, L-1, and O-1, alongside cases …

Posted July 28, 2025

Erika McClintock

Erika is a dedicated and strategic attorney who assists companies in navigating complex product liability issues and business disputes. Her practice covers a variety of industries, including healthcare, commercial real estate, insurance defense and coverage, and recreational product manufacturers, bringing …

Posted June 9, 2025

Jenny Towner

Jenny is an experienced and dedicated immigration case manager with a comprehensive background in payroll operations and workforce administration. Previous to joining NJL, she helped manage U.S. immigration needs for Best Buy, including overseeing approximately 400 company-sponsored employees in H-1B, …

Posted June 3, 2025

Mollie Clark Ahsan

Mollie is a dedicated labor and employment attorney who combines strategic advocacy with a client-centered approach to resolve complex workplace challenges. She advises companies navigating high-stakes legal matters, including non-compete disputes, EEOC claims, and wage-and-hour litigation. A tenacious litigator, Mollie …

Posted May 22, 2025

Meredith McBride

Meredith Rieth McBride is an accomplished labor and employment attorney with a distinguished career representing employers in complex workplace matters. Before joining NJL, she served as an attorney for the Department of the Army and the Department of the Navy, …

Posted March 20, 2025

Susan Kratz

Susan Kratz, a shareholder with NJL’s Health Care group, brings decades of experience, empowering healthcare providers and entities to strategically navigate the industry’s complexities and business challenges. She transforms legal challenges into sustainable growth and operational excellence while guiding hospitals, …

Posted February 10, 2025

Courtney Burks

Courtney is a skilled litigator with eight years of experience representing employers in complex labor and employment disputes nationwide. She has a proven track record of achieving favorable outcomes for clients in diverse industries, including global logistics, manufacturing, and retail. …

Posted January 16, 2025

Kaitlyn Falk

Kaitlyn is a skilled attorney who practices in the firm’s Business Litigation and Products Liability groups. She has experience counseling clients in a variety of industries, with deep practical and technical knowledge in the areas of personal injury defense and …

Posted December 19, 2024

Rebekah Cohen Israel

Rebekah is a corporate and real estate attorney in the firm’s Corporate and Nonprofit group with significant experience in commercial leasing and landlord-tenant representation. She advises both landlords and tenants across a wide range of leasing matters—from lease negotiation and …

Posted February 21, 2024

Sue Kirtz

Posted February 19, 2024

Chris Amundsen

Chris helps employers navigate their most sensitive and high-stakes workplace issues, combining deep litigation experience with a practical, in-house perspective. Over more than a decade in private practice, Chris has defended employers across the full spectrum of labor and employment …

Posted October 5, 2023

Cody B. Humpherys

Cody represents employers of all sizes in employment litigation and counseling matters. A dedicated advocate with experience litigating claims of discrimination, retaliation, harassment, wage and hour violations, and more, Cody is well-equipped to assist employers as they navigate the complex …