Vedder Price is pleased to announce that Sheryl (Sherry) Skibbe has joined the firm as a Shareholder in its Labor & Employment practice area in the Los Angeles office. Ms. Skibbe previously served as a Partner at Seyfarth Shaw and also has experience working in-house for Faraday Future, where she served as Assistant General Counsel.

Ms. Skibbe is an experienced litigator with strong record of success representing global clients in the defense of complex class, collective, and representative actions and high-risk lawsuits. These cases include claims alleging misclassification of employees as exempt or as independent contractors; "off the clock" work including alleged unpaid training time, security checks, and regular rate violations; denied reimbursements; miscalculation of commissions and bonuses; failure to pay prevailing wages; and meal and rest break violations.

She also counsels employers, conducts audits, and provides training in compensation and wage and hour issues, business restructuring, employment policy creation and application, worker classification and reclassifications, workforce management, discrimination and harassment training, disability and accommodation issues, mass layoffs and workplace safety.

“Sherry’s in-house experience, coupled with her employment law and litigation knowledge, allows us to meet the expanding needs of our clients,” said Elizabeth N. Hall, Chair of the firm’s Labor & Employment practice area. “She adds significant depth to our California employment services and we are thrilled to have her on board.”

“Vedder Price’s Labor & Employment group has always impressed me,” said Ms. Skibbe. “I look forward to contributing my perspective and experience to help serve our clients on the West Coast and nationwide.”

Ms. Skibbe earned her J.D., cum laude, from the University of California’s Hastings College of the Law. She received an M.I.A. from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and earned her B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles.