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Kirsten Eriksson represents management in all aspects of labor and employment law throughout the country. Her clients range from local businesses and non-profits to large national companies in various industries such as education, manufacturing and financial services. She has represented clients in State and Federal Courts, as well as in proceedings before the EEOC, various state and local agencies, and private mediators and arbitrators. She regularly drafts non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, and enforces and defends against such agreements in court. She has achieved positive results for her clients, obtaining dismissal of claims at an early stage or negotiating low-cost settlements. In addition to adversarial proceedings, Ms. Eriksson regularly advises clients how best to comply with employment laws relating to employee handbooks, harassment and discrimination, training, evaluations and terminations, wage and hour issues and implementation of leave policies. She has also become the firm’s authority on handling whistleblower claims under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Her assistance to clients includes drafting policies, performing training and conducting internal investigations. She has conducted audits of her clients’ compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act, advised about the classification of employees as exempt or non-exempt, and limited exposure for unpaid overtime. Ms. Eriksson has also drafted affirmative action plans for government contractors and assisted companies with government audits of those plans. She has also litigated and published extensively on the distinction between employees and independent contractors. In addition to her work in the labor and employment field, Ms. Eriksson regularly represents a large national telecommunications company in federal and state litigation matters stemming from the deregulation of the telecommunications industry and in state and local regulatory matters relating to zoning, fees and permits. She has appeared before local political bodies both formally and informally, and, with a team of Miles & Stockbridge lawyers, recently persuaded a nearby county that it lacked the authority to impose a tax on utilities to pay for damage to county roads. Prior to joining Miles & Stockbridge, Ms. Eriksson was affiliated with the New York firm of Anderson, Kill & Olick, P.C., where she was a member of the Employment and Commercial Litigation groups. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Labor & Employment ADA & FMLA Claims Education Employment Discrimination Litigation Government Audits & Investigations Human Resource Management Investigations & Internal Compliance Audits Non-Competition Agreements & Trade Secrets Severance Agreements Bar Admissions/Court Admissions:District of Columbia Maryland New York Education:Georgetown University Law Center, J.D. 1995, Magna Cum Laude, and Order of the Coif. Amherst College, B.A. 1992, Cum Laude. Affiliations, Associations and Special Achievements: American Bar Association Anne Arundel Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) District of Columbia Bar Association Maryland State Bar Association New York State Bar Association Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Publications: Are Your Independent Contractors Truly Independent? Human Resource Professional (May 1999). Are Your Independent Contractors Truly Independent? Massachusetts Bar Association Lawyers Journal (April 1999). Ask the Counsel, Mid-Atlantic Executive Legal Advisor (Summer 2006). Avoiding the Independent Contractor Trap, Employee Benefit News (June 1999). Manager Training Can Reduce Liability, Miles & Stockbridge Newsbrief (2002). Pinpoints and Needles, California Daily Journal (April 1999). Preserving the Independence of Independent Contractors, New York Law Journal (February 1999). Temporary Workers May Cause Liability Problems, Michigan Lawyers Weekly (May 1999). The Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Client Alert Miles & Stockbridge Newsbrief (March 2006). The Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Will You Be Ready When The Whistle Blows? Miles & Stockbridge Newsbrief (April 2005). Publication Uploads: Ask Not For Whom The Whistle Blows: Avoiding Whistle Blower Retaliation Claims Under The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Executive Legal Adviser (Winter 2006). Common Vacation Policies Called Into Question in Maryland, Miles & Stockbridge News Brief (November 08, 2007). Intermittent Leave Under the Family and Medical Leave Act, Mid-Atlantic Executive Legal Advisor (Fall 2006). Pros and Pitfalls of Having an Employee Handbook, Executive Legal Adviser (Summer 2006). Speaking Engagements: Advanced FMLA/ADA Issues, Hot Topics in Employment Law, Baltimore, Maryland (May 2006). Best Practices in Workplace Investigations, National Business Officers Association, Baltimore, Maryland (January 2008). Conducting a Bulletproof Investigation, Hot Topics in Employment Law, Baltimore, Maryland (May 2005). Fair Labor Standards Act and Employee vs. Independent Contractor, Micpel Non-Profit Institute, Baltimore, Maryland (September 2004). Hot Topics in Employment Law, Hunt Valley Business Forum, Hunt Valley, Maryland (September 2006). Is It Really None of Your Business? Managing Workplace Privacy Issues, Hot Topics in Employment Law, Baltimore, Maryland (May 2004). Tricky Issues In Wage and Hour Law, National Business Officers Association, Baltimore, Maryland (January 2008). Employment Law and Independent Contractor Lecture, International School of Management, New York City, New York (August 1999).
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