Conn Maciel Carey LLP (“CMC”), a national boutique Labor and Employment and OSHA/MSHA Workplace Safety law firm, is pleased to announce that Kimberly Cole has joined the firm as a Senior Counsel in its Los Angeles and San Francisco offices. Kimberly will support the firm’s national Labor & Employment and Litigation Practices.

Kimberly has more than two decades of experience representing clients in various aspects of California employment law, in counseling and litigation. Her practice ranges from representing corporations in wage and hour disputes from audits to compliance to defense of individual and class action/PAGA claims. She also has defended clients faced with discrimination, retaliation, and whistleblower claims from initial demand to jury trial. She has represented clients before administrative agencies and appellate courts. Continue reading →

Conn Maciel Carey LLP (CMC) is honored to announce that the firm is one of only two law firms recognized as “Band 1″ for Occupational Safety and Health Law nationwide.  This is the fourth year in a row that CMC has received the “Band 1” honor, which is every year that Chambers has ranked the OSHA/MSHA Law category, and the firm remains the only “boutique” firm in the rankings.

Six CMC attorneys were individually ranked among a short list of leading OSHA and MSHA lawyers in the Occupational Safety and Health Law Rankings (the most of any firm recognized in the category), making up more than a quarter of the “Band 1” attorneys.

• Eric Conn, OSHA Practice Chair – Ranked “Band 1”
• Kate McMahon, OSHA Partner – Ranked “Band 1”
• Aaron Gelb, Midwest OSHA Practice Chair – Ranked “Band 2”
• Rachel Conn, California Practice Chair – Ranked “Band 3”
• Valerie Butera, OSHA Senior Counsel – Ranked “Band 3”
• Nicholas Scala, MSHA Practice Chair – “Up and Coming”

Client Feedback

Chambers is considered the gold standard for law firm rankings, which it generates based on independent research and feedback from private companies that utilize OSHA legal services. A few client comments about the CMC team in the Chambers research include: Continue reading →

Conn Maciel Carey LLP (“CMC”), a national boutique Labor and Employment and OSHA/MSHA Workplace Safety law firm, is pleased to announce that Emily Toler Scott has joined the firm as a Senior Counsel in its Washington, DC office. She will support the firm’s national MSHA • Workplace Safety Practice, as well as its OSHA and Labor and Employment Practices.

Emily brings over a decade of experience from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of the Solicitor, where she most recently served as Counsel for Appellate Litigation. In that role, she directed appellate strategy in over 100 matters involving the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), with cases before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, federal appellate courts, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

“Emily’s unique insight into MSHA’s internal processes, combined with her deep litigation experience, makes her an incredible asset to our team and to our clients,” said Nicholas W. Scala, Chair of the firm’s MSHA • Workplace Safety Practice Group. “Her background elevates our MSHA practice and further solidifies Conn Maciel Carey’s position as a go-to firm for mine safety legal counsel.”

“Employers face complex challenges and need an attorney who can help them navigate that complexity – everything from compliance with regulations to the highest levels of litigation,” says Emily. “I am looking forward to helping mine operators and other employers navigate the changing landscape of administrative law, and to expanding my litigation practice outside mine safety and health.”

During her tenure at DOL, Emily also served as a Senior Trial Attorney and Honors Attorney, litigating complex enforcement and whistleblower cases under the Mine Act, OSH Act, ERISA, and other statutes. Continue reading →