STACIE YEE
Partner – Firmwide Leader of Diversity & Inclusion
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
In addition to being named Pillsbury’s Executive Chair of Diversity & Inclusion in June of last year, Stacie Yee maintains an active employment litigation practice. She focuses on wage and hour, California Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act, discrimination, retaliation/whistleblower, including qui tam, actions, trade secret misappropriation, unfair competition and false advertising claims.
Recently, Yee served as lead counsel defending government contractor client against wage and hour class/collective and representative action alleging unpaid overtime; after successfully moving to transfer the case to Maryland, the case settled favorably for the client on an individual plaintiff, non-class basis. She also served as lead counsel representing a film industry trade association in defending against wage and hour class and representative action alleging noncompliant meal breaks and associate claims; the representative claim has been dismissed, and Yee’s team successfully compelled the matter to arbitration.
