Katherine C. Huibonhoa

Partner

  • Katherine C. Huibonhoa
  • Phone: +1 650 600 5312

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  • Duane Morris LLP
    260 Homer Avenue, Suite 202
    Palo Alto, CA 94301-2777
    USA

Katherine C. Huibonhoa represents and counsels employers in all aspects of employment law, with an emphasis on equal employment opportunity litigation, major motions and appeals, and advice and counseling.  She has extensive experience representing a wide variety of clients in state and federal court litigation involving single and multiple-plaintiff cases, as well as wage and hour class actions.  Her appellate experience includes representing clients and amici curiae in both employment and general litigation matters in California appellate courts and in federal appellate courts across the country.

Ms. Huibonhoa is a frequent speaker and author on a variety of employment-related topics, including disability discrimination, retaliation, wage-and-hour law, leaves of absence, wrongful termination and equal pay. 

Ms. Huibonhoa is a 1997 graduate of Columbia Law School and a cum laude graduate of Columbia College. 

Admissions

  • California
  • New York

Education

  • Columbia Law School, J.D., 1997
  • Columbia College, B.A., cum laude, 1994

Experience

  • Duane Morris LLP
    - Partner, 2022-present
  • Curley, Hurtgen & Johnsrud LLP
    - 2018-2022
  • Grube, Brown & Geidt LLP
    - Partner, 2015-2018
  • Paul Hastings LLP
    - Associate/Partner, 1999-2015
  • O’Melveny & Myers LLP
    - Associate, 1997-1999

Professional Activities

  • National Employment Law Council
    - Board of Directors
  • American Bar Association
    - Labor and Employment Law Section

  • Bar Association of San Francisco

  • Justice & Diversity Center

  • Asian-American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area
    - Former Co-chair, Women’s Committee

  • Northern District of California’s Panel of Mediators

  • San Francisco Superior Court
    - Temporary Judge

Honors and Awards

  • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 2012-present

Selected Publications

  • Executive Editor of Employment Discrimination Law, the official book of the American Bar Association in its field, the two-volume Fifth Edition,  Lindemann, Grossman & Weirich