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Workplace Retaliation: Don't Shoot the Complainer -- What Employers and Employees Need To Know

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A 1985 graduate of Loyola Law School, Colleen M. Regan is a Partner in the Los Angeles office of McGuireWoods LLP.  As a lawyer in a national law firm, her practice covers advising and counseling clients on a variety of employment-related issues, including compliance with California and federal wage and hour, anti-discrimination, anti-harassment and leave laws.  She has also litigated a variety of employment cases in state and federal courts, including actions involving claims of wrongful termination, sexual harassment, age, gender, race and disability discrimination and retaliation.  She also has extensive experience defending against employee class actions.  Advising employers on how to avoid retaliation in the workplace, including claims stemming from treatment of disabled individuals, is a growing part of this practice.  Colleen has spoken and written on employment law issues in a variety of forums.  She earned her undergraduate degree from St. John's College, in Santa Fe, New, Mexico.