Kathryn G. Mantoan

Kathryn (Katie) Grzenczyk Mantoan is Of Counsel in Orrick's Employment Law & Litigation group, working across the San Francisco and Portland offices.  She focuses on high-stakes employment litigation, compliance counseling, and litigation avoidance measures.  Her practice has a particular emphasis on complex class actions and developing areas of the law including pay equity, and she co-chairs Orrick's Pay Equity Task Force.

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  Katie has significant experience litigating a broad range of employment issues. Her recent experience includes the following:

  Class & Mass Actions

  • Defeating class certification in an action a leading technology company in alleging nationwide gender discrimination in performance evaluations, promotions and pay
  • Representing a national bank in putative statewide class action alleging misclassification of information technology employees
  • Representing a government contractor in the trial court and on appeal in a dispute arising out of aggregate settlement of dozens of wrongful termination and age discrimination claims
  • Representing a national retailer in a putative nationwide class action arising out of pre-employment background checks

  Government Enforcement Actions

  • Representing a leading technology company in compliance audits and enforcement proceedings by the OFCCP
  • Securing no-cause finding and dismissal of EEOC complaint alleging race and gender discrimination by a financial services firm

  Arbitration

  • Achieving a complete defense award following a two-week arbitration on behalf of biotechnology start-up executives in an arbitration alleging violation of non-competition and non-solicitation agreements
  • Representing a financial services firm in FINRA arbitration proceedings brought by a former financial advisor

  Single Plaintiff Discrimination/Wrongful Termination

  • Achieving summary judgment on behalf of an energy company in a single plaintiff action alleging a host of claims including gender and disability discrimination, failure to accommodate, harassment, and retaliation
  • Securing demurrer without leave to amend in single plaintiff wrongful termination action against cosmetics retailer
  • Representing a government contractor in eight-count discrimination, wrongful termination, and breach of contract case

  In addition, Katie has worked on a variety of other commercial and constitutional matters that have expanded her litigation and counseling perspective. She also has a demonstrated commitment to pro bono work, including work to protect and advance the civil rights of same-sex couples.