Sylvia Bokyung Clair

Partner @Faegre Drinker

Los Angeles, CA, US

Sylvia’s passion for employee relations and human resources stems from her work in two family-run businesses and a decade-long career in hospitality management, where she and her team were widely recognized for outstanding service and high-achieving standards and policies. Today, guided by years of experience on the front lines, she devotes her legal career to partnering with employers to focus on practical solutions.Sylvia counsels employers on a national basis on complex employment issues, investigations and audits involving hiring practices, employment policies and practices, wage-and-hour pay practices, pay transparency, child labor law, immigration-related compliance, and California employer privacy law compliance.Sylvia leads the defense of enforcement actions brought by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and its state-equivalent agencies, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (ICE), and Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Immigrant & Employer Rights Section (IER).Sylvia has deep experience representing companies nationally in complex employment disputes and commercial litigation matters. Her litigation experience includes-Discrimination-Sexual harassment-Hostile work environment-Whistleblower/retaliation-Job-protected leave-Wrongful discharge-Wage-and-hour claims-Trade secret misappropriation-Breach of contract claims-Immigration-related claimsShe has extensive experience defending employers before the Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer (OCAHO).

Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology

Juris Doctor, Law

DePaul University

Bachelor of Arts (BA), Legal Studies, General