Expired 4th Quarter GHILG Meeting – November 10, 2022

Erin Connell
Employment Partner and Co-Chair,
Orrick EEO & OFCCP Compliance Group and Pay Equity Task Force

Laura Mitchell
Principal,
Jackson Lewis Pay Equity and Affirmative Action/OFCCP group

Erin Connell is an employment partner and Co-chair of Orrick’s EEO & OFCCP Compliance Group and Pay Equity Task Force.  Erin represents employers in high stakes employment litigation and is an expert in equal employment opportunity law, pay equity, and OFCCP compliance. Erin defends employers in class actions and other complex cases, as well as in systemic investigations and audits by the EEOC, OFCCP, and the California DFEH. Erin led the trial team that obtained a complete dismissal for Oracle in OFCCP v. Oracle, a high-stakes systemic compensation discrimination case, which garnered national media attention and earned Erin recognition as a Litigator of the Week by the American Lawyer and a 2021 Employment MVP by Law360.

Laura Mitchell is principal in Jackson Lewis’ Pay Equity and Affirmative Action/OFCCP groups.  She partners with her clients to build pay equity programs that benefit employees and create a stable, high-functioning workplace. Laura enjoys counseling companies on the development of proactive and equitable pay practices. She helps clients understand all issues across the spectrum of their pay equity journey, helping to establish regular annual pay equity analyses as well as counseling organizations on implementation and compliance with government contractor obligations.  Laura is the editor and a principal contributor of the award-winning The Affirmative Action Law Advisor blog and regularly presents on pay equity, affirmative action compliance, OFCCP enforcement trends, and government contractor obligations.