Crystal M. O’Brien, Esq. serves as MMC’s Employment Law Manager/Corporate Counsel. She also sits on the company’s panel of HRCI/MCLE trainers which provides ongoing training to H.R. professionals through its onsite MMC University. Ms. O’Brien’s practice experiences focus on providing labor and employment law counseling advice to MMC’s 400 clients. She also mediates private disputes for the Los Angeles County Superior Courts as well as represents employers in litigated labor and employment law matters. Prior to joining MMC, Ms. O’Brien practiced law with national and boutique law firms on the west coast. Before entering law school, she served as a workers’ compensation insurance hearing representative for several years. Collectively, Ms. O’Brien has 19 years of litigation experience. After receiving a double-degree in psychology and sociology from Oberlin College in 1988, Ms. O’Brien earned a workers’ compensation insurance claims adjusting license in 1991. She completed post-graduate studies in Human Resources Management at Portland State University’s Graduate School of Urban & Public Affairs from 1996-1998 and earned a Juris Doctorate and Certificate in Dispute Resolution from Willamette University College of Law in 2001. Immediately following law school, Ms. O’Brien served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Faith Ireland (ret.) of the Washington State Supreme Court. She is licensed to practice law in California and Washington, as well as before U.S. District Courts in each state.
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