Kevin Brown serves as a trusted advisor and experienced advocate for his clients. His primary area of practice is employment law, and he routinely handles commercial litigation. Kevin represents employers in the full range of actions, including wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, sexual assault/negligence, wage and hour class actions, PAGA actions, whistleblower claims, restrictive covenants (non-compete/non-solicitation), trade secrets, and disability accommodation. He also handles business disputes, freedom of expression and defamation, and aviation-related matters.
Kevin counsels employers and human resources professionals on compliance with state and federal employment laws, with a focus on best practices — particularly risk identification and mitigation. He also reviews and drafts policies, handbooks, non-disclosure agreements, employment agreements, and severance agreements. A dynamic presenter, Kevin has trained thousands of managers and employees on preventing harassment, discrimination, and retaliation in the workplace. He also conducts independent workplace investigations.
Kevin advises employers in OSHA and Cal-OSHA matters, including drafting and reviewing safety and compliance programs, petitioning for variances, and complying with state and federal standards. He also assists employers in protesting federal and state-issued OSHA citations.
Kevin’s clients are individuals and both for-profit and nonprofit corporations in a wide range of industries, including healthcare, life science and technology, restaurant and hospitality, construction, human resources and payroll, temporary and international technology staffing, retail and aerospace manufacturing, private aviation, churches and other religious organizations, hotel and international temporary housing, educational and professional training, public-interest, transportation and logistics, and international private security.
Prior to joining the private sector in 2016, Kevin served as a military attorney and a naval aviator in the United States Marine Corps, and he continues to serve as a Lieutenant Colonel (Judge Advocate) in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. He also holds an FAA commercial pilot’s license and instrument ratings for fixed wing and rotorcraft-helicopter. Beyond his diverse litigation and first-chair trial experience, clients find that his background solving complex problems and conducting investigations, training, mediations, risk management, and standardization enables him to partner with them to achieve their goals.
