ELENA BACA
Paul Hastings LLP
Elena Baca is a nationally recognized employment trial lawyer with a stellar reputation both in and out of the courtroom. As global chair of Paul Hastings’ leading Employment Law Department, based out of the downtown Los Angeles office, she has influenced a team of more than 80 labor and employment lawyers in ten offices worldwide. Under Baca’s visionary leadership, the department has flourished into a powerhouse and remains at the forefront of the most pressing issues confronting employers and is consistently engaged to defend clients in the most high-stakes, headline-grabbing matters.
With a career spanning over 30 years, Baca dominates adversaries in courtrooms and her experience ranges from defending an array of class actions, to advising on employment issues impacting the C-Suite, to high-profile litigation asserted against some of the most recognized companies.