Laurie A. Baddon focuses her practice on employment litigation and counseling. She provides trusted and strategic advice to clients of all sizes, from family offices and high-net-worth individuals to Fortune 500 companies, on day-to-day employment-related issues to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws. She advises clients on matters ranging from personnel management decisions, leaves of absence, workplace accommodations, workplace investigations, pre-litigation disputes, executive compensation, employment agreements, restrictive covenants, reductions in force, and workplace policies, procedures, and handbooks. She also conducts employment diligence in mergers and acquisitions of all sizes and advises buyers on workforce integration and risk mitigation post-closing.

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• Obtained complete defense ruling in arbitration for a global entertainment company where a former employee sued for fraud and rescission of a severance agreement and national origin discrimination*

*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott.

• Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America, Litigation – Labor and Employment, 2024-2025
• Orange County Business Journal, Leaders of Influence: Women in Law, 2024

Education
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, JD, 2014
University of San Diego, BBA, magna cum laude, 2010

Courts/Agencies
US District Court for the Central District of California
US District Court for the Northern District of California
US District Court for the Eastern District of California

Admissions
California