Fisher Phillips Adds Keia James Atkinson in San Diego

Fisher Phillips, one of the country’s preeminent labor and employment law firms representing employers, is pleased to announce that Keia James Atkinson has joined the firm as an associate in the San Diego office.

Keia is experienced on both the defense and plaintiff’s sides of employment and labor litigation matters, including single-plaintiff harassment, discrimination, misclassification, and wrongful termination claims, as well as class action and Private Attorneys’ General Act (PAGA) claims involving wage and hour and background check claims against California and nationwide employers.  He has represented Fortune 100 companies in state and federal court in matters involving claims of unpaid wages, exempt status, breach of contract, wrongful termination, harassment and discrimination, independent contractor status, and improper paystubs. Keia also advises clients on a wide variety of issues, including single-plaintiff and complex class action wage-and-hour litigation, high-profile workplace investigations, and compliance counseling.

Keia earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of San Diego School of Law and graduated having been accepted to the Order of the Coif and Order of Barristers. He is currently an adjunct professor at his alma mater. Prior to law school, Keia earned his M.A. in experimental psychology from the University of Central Oklahoma.