Speaker Biography: Marjorie S. Fochtman,
San Francisco, CA Littler Office

EMPHASIS
   · Wage and Hour Matters
   · Independent Contractor Issues
   · Wrongful Termination Cases
   · Discrimination and Harassment Claims
   · Preparation of Personnel Policies and Procedures

AREAS OF PRACTICE
Ms. Fochtman has extensive experience in wage and hour matters, preventative employment and labor law, discrimination and sexual harassment litigation, wrongful discharge litigation, employment training, and preparation of personnel policies and procedures.

Ms. Fochtman has extensive experience representing employers in Department of Labor and California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement audits, Labor Commissioner hearings, and in the litigation of wrongful termination and discrimination cases. Ms. Fochtman has served as trial attorney in federal and state court, arbitrations and before the California Labor Commissioner. She maintains an active practice throughout Northern California.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Member, Marin County and San Francisco County Bar Associations' Labor and Employment Law sections; Member, Board of Directors of Ritter House, 1998-present; Board President, Ritter House, 2001-2002; Co-author, "Working Overtime: The Industrial Welfare Commission's New Wage Orders Implementing AB60," California Employment Law Reporter, January 2001; Co-presenter, Lorman "Employment Related Records in California," February 2002; Co-author, "Labor Commissioner Adopts New Policies of Exempt Employees, Individual Liability, Discrimination Claims, Meal and Rest Periods," California Employment Law Reporter, October 2002; Co-author, “New Federal Rules for Overtime-Exempt Executive, Administrative, Professional and Outside-Sales Employees,” March 2003; Co-author, “An Employer’s Response to SARS and Other Communicable Diseases,” April 2003.

EDUCATION
Ms. Fochtman received her B.S. degree in Business from Northern Illinois University in 1980, and her J.D. degree, cum laude, from New York Law School in 1989. While at New York Law School, Ms. Fochtman received the Jackson Award for outstanding performance in labor relations law. Ms. Fochtman was employed as a Human Resources Manager by Dow Jones & Company, publisher of The Wall Street Journal from 1981 to 1986.