Global Employment Law Leadership and Management

 

CEO of the Employment Law Alliance

Steve Hirschfeld

Stephen J. Hirschfeld, Esq.

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

 

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:

  • Identifying and recommending individual ELA lawyers throughout the world
  • Global employment law audits to ensure that personnel policies and practices are in full compliance with all local laws wherever you have operations
  • Conducting legal training for company management on compliance with all local labor and employment laws involving hiring, termination, discrimination, etc. in the U.S. and around the globe
  • Membership determinations
  • Strategic alliances and collaborations
  • Sponsorships
  • RFPs

 

     

Board of Directors

ELA Financial Officer 

Gregory Heywood

Roper Greyell LLP
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

 

Vice President & Global Business Development Co-Chair 

Henry Perlowski

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
Georgia

         

Vice President, Governance & Board Secretary

Jaclyn Kugell

Morgan, Brown & Joy, LLP,
Massachusetts

 

Global Next Gen Chair

Christopher Peitsch

Cerha Hempel
Austria

         

Global Member Engagement Co-Chair 

Francisca Corti

Carey
Chile

  Dante T. Pamintuan

Global Member Engagement Co-Chair 

Atul Gupta

Trilegal
India

         

Global Business Development Co-Chair

Tim Gilbert 

Travers Smith  
England

 

Africa & Middle East Regional Chair

Lusanda Raphulu

Bowmans
South Africa 

         
Sonal Sejpal

Asia Pacific Regional Chair

Syahdan Aziz

SSEK Law Firm
Indonesia

 

Europe Regional Chair

Yvette Dissel

Boontje Advocaten
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

         

Latin America Regional Chair

Enrique Radmilovich

Hughes & Hughes
Montevideo, Uruguay

 

North America Regional Chair

Tara Stingley

Cline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather, LLP
Nebraska

         
         

Africa/Middle East

 

Regional Chair

Sonal Sejpal

Lusanda Raphulu

Bowmans
Sandton, South Africa 

     
         

Business Development

Lusanda Raphulu

Ilan Winder

Naschitz, Brandes, Amir and Co.
Israel

  Nuno Gouveia

Nuno Gouveia

Sociedade de Advogados
Maputo, Mozambique

         
Ernest Sembatya

Ernest Sembatya Kaggwa

MMAKS Advocates
Kampala, Uganda

     
         

Member Engagement

Mohamed Oulkhouir

Mohamed Oulkhouir

CWA Morocco
Casablanca, Morocco

  Mary Ekemezie

Emma Higham

Clyde and Co.
Qatar

         
Emma Higham

Alex Ntale

MMAKS
Uganda

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marketing Ambassadors

Mashudu Mulaudzi

Bowmans
South Africa

     
         

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asia Pacific

Regional Chair

Syahdan Aziz

SSEK Law Firm

Indonesia

     
         

Business Development

Bruce Heddle

Maddocks
Australia

  Dante T. Pamintuan

Kulnisha Srimontien

PriceSanond
Thailand

         

Member Engagement

Jenny Tsin

Cynthia Chung

Deacons
Hong Kong

 

Rikisuke Yamanaka

Ushijima & Partners
Japan

         

Kian Jun Wong

Shearn Delamore
Malaysia

 

   

 

         

Marketing Ambassadors

David Eyerly

SSEK Legal Consultants
Indonesia

 

 

Bakul Anand

Trilegal
India

 

         

Europe

 

Regional Chair

Jan Hofkens

Yvette Dissel

Boontje Advocaten
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

     
         

Business Development 

Ramūnas Petravičius

Ellex Valiunas
Lithuania

  Christopher Peitsch

Kato Aerts

Lydian
Belgium

         
Christopher Peitsch

Thomas Kälin

MLL Meyerlustenberger Lachenal Froriep Ltd
Switzerland

     
         

Member Engagement

Philippe Schmit 

Arendt and Medernach
Luxembourg

 

André Istad Johansen

Selmer
Oslo, Norway

Philippe Durand

August Debouzy
France

     
         

Marketing Ambassadors

Olivia Burgess

Travers Smith
United Kingdom - 

England and Wales 

 

Edith Molemans

Boontje Advocaten & Mediators

the Netherlands  

 

         

Latin/South America

 

Regional Chair

Latin America Regional Chair

Enrique Radmilovich

Hughes & Hughes
Montevideo, Uruguay

     
         

Business Development

Francisca Corti

Javier Salvador Soto

Pérez Bustamante & Ponce (PBP)
Quito, Ecuador

  Randall González

Randall González

BLP
San Jose, Costa Rica

         
Cassia Fernanda Pizzotti

Cassia Fernanda Pizzotti

Demarest Advogados
Sao Paulo, Brazil

     
         

Member Engagement

Renato Canizares

Renato Canizares

Demarest Advogados
Sao Paulo, Brazil

  John Tucker

John Tucker

Lega Abogados
Caracas, Venezuela

         

Vicente Umaña Carrizosa

Posse Herrera Ruiz
Bogota, Colombia

     

 

Marketing Ambassadors

Magdalena Engel

Carey
Chile

 

Maggie Fernandez

Carey
Chile

         

Rhiannon Hammond Cabrera

Santamarina Y Steta
Mexico

     
         

North America

 

Regional Chair

North America  Regional Chair

Tara Stingley

Cline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather, LLP
Omaha, Nebraska

     

 

       

Business Development

Henry M. Perlowski

Hieu Williams

Hirschfeld Kraemer
California

 
Bruce Cross

Mark Wiletsky

Holland and Hart 
Denver, Colorado

         
Laura Pasqualone

Zachary Wiseman

Ray, Quinney & Nebeker, P.C.
Utah

 
Laura Pasqualone

Jeff Palamar

Taylor McCaffrey LLP
Manitoba, Canada

 

Member Engagement

         
James Kondopulos

James Kondopulos

Roper Greyell
Vancouver, BC, Canada

 

Holly Goodman 

Gunster 
West Palm Beach, Florida (southern)

         

Heather Brochin 

Day Pitney LLP 
New Jersey

     
         

Marketing Ambassadors

Bobbie Conklin

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
West Virginia & Pennsylvania (Western)

  Tara Singley

Geoff Nevin

Taylor McCaffrey LLP
Manitoba

         
         

Chief Operating Officer

Peter Walts 

Peter Walts

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

 

Deputy Executive Director

Mary Anne Creighton

Mary Anne Creighton

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


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