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Doug Dexter Elected Chair-Elect of ABA Labor and Employment Law Section

August 9, 2021 Announcement

Farella Braun + Martel is proud to announce that Partner Doug Dexter was elected chair-elect of the American Bar Association's Labor and Employment Law Section at the ABA Annual Meeting on August 7. He will serve as chair-elect for a one-year term and then serve as the 2022-23 section chair. The ABA Labor and Employment Law Section has more than 16,000 members representing all perspectives of labor and employment law.

Doug specializes in advising and representing large employers, particularly in the technology industry. He is a fellow in the American College of Labor & Employment Lawyers and a former president of the Northern California Human Resources Association. Doug served more than 15 years as chair of Farella's Employment Practice. He is recognized in Best Lawyers in America for Litigation-Labor and Employment.

Farella Braun + Martel is a leading Northern California law firm representing corporate and private clients in sophisticated business transactions and complex commercial, civil and criminal litigation. Clients seek our imaginative legal solutions and the dynamism and intellectual creativity of our lawyers. We are headquartered in San Francisco and maintain an office in the Napa Valley that is focused on the wine industry.

Contact:
Cheryl Loof
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
[email protected] / 415.954.4433

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