Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP is pleased to announce that the firm will have eight Burke Labor and Employment Law teams featured at the California Public Employers Labor Relations Association 2023 annual training conference, taking place on November 14 - 17 in Monterey, California. CALPELRA 2023 will feature the following Burke presenters and topics:

Accepting the Role Social Media Plays in the Public Agency Workplace – Gena B. Burns and N. Richard Shreiba. Wednesday, November 15, 10:15 am – 11:45 am PST.

Navigating the Fitness-For-Duty Process - Daphne M. Anneet, AWI-CH; Kate S. Im, and Patty Francisco (consultant). Wednesday, November 15, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm PST.

Are We Done Yet? Determining When the Interactive Process on Disability Accommodations Ends and What Comes Next – Katy A. Suttorp, AWI-CH and Sheila Delshad. Wednesday, November 15, 3:50 pm – 4:50 pm PST.

Legal Strategies 2023 – Timothy L. Davis, Janet Cory Sommer, Peter J. Brown, Jonathan Holtzman, and Irma Rodriguez Moisa. Thursday, November 16, 8:30 am – 10:00 am PST.

Top Ten Mistakes Employers Make in Managing Leaves of Absence – Katy A. Suttorp, AWI-CH and Monica Sanchez McQueen. Thursday, November 16, 10:15 am – 11:45 am PST.

Freedom of Speech in a Time of Polarization - Daphne M. Anneet, AWI-CH and Timothy L. Davis. Thursday, November 16, 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm PST.

Finding Your Negotiations Zen: The Critical Connection Between the Labor Negotiations Team, Management, the Governing Body, and Employees – Gena B. Burns and Johanna N. Canlas. Thursday, November 16, 3:50 pm – 4:50 pm PST.

Grateful Negotiations: Building Positive Relations During Contract Negotiations – Mark E. Wilson, Ardis Graham, and Mitchell Buellesbach. Thursday, November 16, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm PST.

CALPELRA Sparks - Lifecycle of an Employment Lawsuit: Effective Documentation, Complaints/Investigations, and Defending the Case - Susan V. Arduengo, AWI-CH; Elisabeth A. Frater, AWI-CH; and Cheryl L. Johnson-Hartwell, AWI-CH. Friday, November 17, 9:00 am – 10:30 am PST.

Burke Labor and Employment partner and practice group chair Timothy L. Davis notes, “The scale of Burke’s speaking participation in CALPELRA 2023 is unprecedented at our firm and reflects the wide ranging expertise the Burke team offers in advising on labor and employment law issues.”

Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP is a California limited liability law partnership with 161 member attorneys. Burke has ten practice groups: Labor and Employment Law; Litigation; Public Law; Eminent Domain and Inverse Condemnation Construction Law; Environmental, Land Use and Natural Resources; Real Estate and Business Law; Insurance Coverage and Litigation; Intellectual Property; and Education Law. With regional offices in the Inland Empire, Palm Desert, Los Angeles, Marin County, Oakland, Orange County, San Diego, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and Ventura County, as well with the added support of advanced communications technology, Burke can easily be where our clients need us to be. For more information, please visit https://www.bwslaw.com and https://www.linkedin.com/company/burke-williams-&-sorensen/about/?viewAsMember=true

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