Kristen Nesbit

Kristen Nesbit is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Fisher Phillips, where she practices employment litigation and client counseling. Nesbit represents employers from case inception through trial or arbitration. She has represented organizations in multiple jury trials that have resulted in defense verdicts for her clients. 

Nesbit has represented clients throughout California, in both Superior Courts and United States District Court and before the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE), the United States Department of Labor (DOL), and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). She has also successfully argued appeals before the California Court of Appeal and before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

In 2013, Nesbit was named to the “Hot List” for Minority Attorneys Under 40 in the Western Region by Lawyers of Color Inc., which is comprised of only 100 attorneys who practice in the Western Region of the United States. In 2015 and 2016, she was recognized in Southern California Super Lawyers – Rising Stars and as a “Southern California - Top Women’s Attorney” by Los Angeles Magazine. Nesbit was also selected by the National Advocate as a “Top 100 African American Lawyer” in 2015 and 2016. In 2016, she received the “Women of Influence” Award from the business publication L.A. Biz for her accomplishments in the legal field.

Nesbit earned a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, as well as a JD from Loyola Law School.

Nesbit teaches online Employment Discrimination Law for USC Gould School of Law's LLM and MSL programs.

FACULTY IN THE NEWS

The Florida Times-Union
September 14, 2018
Re: Susan Estrich

Susan Estrich published a commentary on homelessness. "Now, we have a homelessness problem in America, and a major one in my city, Los Angeles. But let’s not kid ourselves," Estrich explained. "When walking on the boardwalk in Venice, which is a neighborhood in LA that faces a growing homelessness problem, I did not see a single family of hardworking parents in a tent with nowhere for their children to sleep."

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