Eileen Obrien Cahill

About Eileen Obrien Cahill

Eileen has 20 years of combined employment counseling and employment and commercial litigation experience in both law firms and in-house corporate legal departments, as well as traditional labor experience advising on compliance with various guild agreements.Specialties: Employment counseling; employment and commercial litigation; class action defense.Awards: Southern California Rising Star, Super Lawyers (20••••15)

Experience

1. Senior Vice President, Labor and Employment at Starz

   Starz

   Oct 2021 — Present · Santa Monica, CA, US

   Starz is a leading global media and entertainment company that provides premium subscription video and programming. As SVP, Labor and Employment, I maintain primary responsibility for the Company’s global employment law and compliance functions, as well as overseeing our Labor Relations Department. This includes advising the Company’s corporate Human Resources team on employment–related matters, including, but not limited to employee relations, leave inquiries, reasonable accommodations, terminations, wage and hour, compensation and benefits. I also advise the Company’s various production teams on employment and labor matters including, but not limited to, performance management, anti-harassment/discrimination matters, internal investigations, and compliance with various guild agreements with SAG, DGA, WGA, IATSE and teamsters.

Education

• UC Santa Barbara

  BA, Psychology

  1997 — 2001

• University of Galway

  Psychology Course of Study

  1999 — 2000

• University of California, Los Angeles - School of Law

  JD, Law

  2001 — 2004

Skills

• Trade Secrets
• Client Counseling
• Employment Law
• Legal Writing
• Litigation
• Intellectual Property
• Appeals
• Social Media
• Trials
• Civil Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Legal Research