Service Provider Alliance
CEO Stephen J. Hirschfeld founded the ELA in 2000. With 30 years of labor and employment law experience, he has worked with employers of all types and sizes on issues ranging from wrongful termination to sexual harassment to discrimination to wage and hour class actions, labor arbitrations, and employment law counseling.
Steve regularly works with multi-state and multi-national companies to ensure global labor law compliance and can readily assemble a team of experts throughout the U.S. and around the world to assist with your full array of labor and employment needs.
Steve is also available for:
Office Address 456 Montgomery Street, Suite 2200 San Francisco, California 94104 United States
Phone Number +1 415-835-9000
Fax Number +1 415-834-0443
Email steve@ela.law
VP Governance & Global Member Engagement Committee Co-Chair
Sherrard Kuzz LLP Toronto, Ontario, Canada
VP Governance & Global Business Development Committee Co-Chair
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP Atlanta, Georgia
ELA CFO
Roper Greyell LLP Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
ELA Board Secretary &
Global Member Engagement Co-Chair
Carey Chile
Global Next Gen Chair
Cerha Hempel
Vienna, Austria
Global Specialty Group Chair
Shearn Delamore & Co. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Global Business Development Co-Chair
A&L Goodbody Dublin, Ireland
Africa & Middle East Regional Chair
Bowmans Sandton, South Africa
Asia Pacific Regional Chair
WongPartnership Singapore
Europe Regional Chair
Boontje Advocaten Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Latin America Regional Chair
Hughes & Hughes Montevideo, Uruguay
North America Regional Chair
Cline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather, LLP Omaha, Nebraska
Ilan Winder
Naschitz, Brandes, Amir and Co. Israel
Nuno Gouveia
Sociedade de Advogados Maputo, Mozambique
Ernest Sembatya Kaggwa
MMAKS Advocates Kampala, Uganda
Mohamed Oulkhouir
CWA Morocco Casablanca, Morocco
Mona OsamaAbdel-Hafiz
Ibrachy & Dermarkar Dokki, Giza, Egypt
Emma Higham
Clyde and Co. Qatar
Carlotta Dal Lago
Anjarwalla & Khanna | ALN Kenya
Bruce Heddle
Maddocks Australia
Syahdan Aziz
SSEK Law Firm
Indonesia
Jeffrey Wilson
Jun He China
Atul Gupta
Trilegal Bangalore, India
Rikisuke Yamanaka
Ushijima & Partners Tokyo, Japan
Cynthia Chung
Deacons
Hong Kong
Raymond Low
David Eyerly
SSEK Legal Consultants Indonesia
Bakul Anand
Trilegal India
Tim Gilbert
Travers Smith LLP England & Wales
Kato Aerts
Lydian Belgium
Thomas Kälin
MLL Meyerlustenberger Lachenal Froriep Ltd Switzerland
Philippe Schmit
Arendt and Medernach Luxembourg
André Istad Johansen
Selmer Oslo, Norway
Philippe Durand
August Debouzy France
Olivia Burgess
Travers Smith United Kingdom -
England and Wales
Javier Salvador Soto
Pérez Bustamante & Ponce (PBP) Quito, Ecuador
Randall González
BLP San Jose, Costa Rica
Cassia Fernanda Pizzotti
Demarest Advogados Sao Paulo, Brazil
Renato Canizares
John Tucker
Lega Abogados Caracas, Venezuela
Vicente Umaña Carrizosa
Posse Herrera Ruiz Bogota, Colombia
Magdalena Engel
Maggie Fernandez
Rhiannon Hammond Cabrera
Santamarina Y Steta Mexico
Hieu Williams
Hirschfeld Kraemer California
Chantel T. Kassongo
Neuman Thompson Alberta
Laura Pasqualone
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP Arizona
Mark Wiletsky
Holland and Hart Denver, Colorado
James Kondopulos
Roper Greyell Vancouver, BC, Canada
Holly Goodman
Gunster West Palm Beach, Florida (southern)
Heather Brochin
GDay Pitney LLP New Jersey
Bobbie Conklin
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC West Virginia & Pennsylvania (Western)
Geoff Nevin
Taylor McCaffrey LLP Manitoba
Peter Walts joined the ELA as a business development consultant in 2014 and now serves as COO of the organization. He is a highly energetic and successful business leader with over 25 years' experience helping organizations grow in challenging, competitive, and volatile markets.
Pete is responsible for leading the operational activities of the ELA and works closely with board and committee leaders to develop growth for the organization.
Phone Number +1 215 768-9936
Email peter@ela.law
Committed to excellence, Mary Anne manages relations with all ELA global firms and clients. Bringing with her 15+ years of project management experience, attention to detail, and organizational ingenuity, she overseas the growth and advancement of all ELA initiatives. Mary Anne manages both regional and international events and works closely with the ELA leadership to drive business development and promote member engagement. She is the main point of contact for member inquires and ideas, event coordination and communication, website user experiences, global employer handbook updates, group collaboration, and project implementation. Most important, she is a valuable resource for all ELA information.
Phone Number
+1 610-955-9586
Email maryanne@ela.law