Employment Litigation

Jackson Lewis
725 S Figueroa St Ste 2500 Los Angeles, CA 90017
kristel.haddad@jacksonlewis.com
213.689.0404

Kristel B. Haddad is an associate at Jackson Lewis, PC.  She represents employers and individual defendants in a broad range of employment litigation, including the defense of harassment and wrongful termination claims, claims of age, disability, gender, marital status, national origin and race discrimination, retaliation, leaves of absence, failure to provide reasonable accommodations, and unfair business practices. Ms. Haddad also handles class action wage and hour lawsuits and other complex employment litigation matters.

Ms. Haddad has been recognized by her peers as a Southern California “Rising Star” in 2014 and 2015, an award bestowed upon only 2.5 percent of lawyers in Southern California.  

Publications

“Examining The Validity Of The Detroit Arab-American Study:  Comparing The Degree Of Arab-American Political Participation Between Detroit And Southern California,”

Bou-Lahoud, Kristel, Citations Journal, Los Angeles, University of Southern California (2007)

Professional Activities

Commissioner, Parks and Recreation, City of Temple City

President, Arab-American Lawyers Association of Southern California

Member, Los Angeles Cedars Rotary

Education and Admissions

University of Southern California (magna cum laude), Bachelor of Science in

    - Policy, Planning, and Development (2008)

University of Southern California (magna cum laude), Bachelor of Arts in

    - Political Science (2008)

    - Dean’s List (2005-2008)

    - McNair Scholar (2006-2007)      

    - Discovery Scholar (2008)

    - USC Order of the Troy Award (2008)

    - Academic Excellence and Heritage Award (2008)

Southwestern Law School, Juris Doctor (2010)

    - CALI Excellence for the Future Award, Torts (2009)

U.S. District Court, Central District of California

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Languages: Conversational Arabic