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Kristalyn advises companies on all aspects of labor and employment law, including counseling, corporate transactions, and dispute resolution. She provides preventive advice on employment practices such as evaluating personnel decisions, requests for leave and accommodations, and compliance with Cal/OSHA workplace safety requirements. Kristalyn also drafts and audits employee policies and handbooks and prepares employment and severance agreements.

Kristalyn defends clients in employment disputes and litigation before various governmental agencies, in state and federal court, arbitration, and pre-litigation resolution. She is experienced with disputes involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wage and hour claims (including the Private Attorney General Act).

Kristalyn also supports corporate transactions by advising on the employment aspects of her clients’ deals, serving as a go-to resource on both buy-side and sell-side deals.

Kristalyn was recognized as Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for Labor and Employment Law – Management starting in 2021. She was also selected as an academy fellow in 2016 and 2017 for the National Employment Law Council (NELC), and she remains an active member.

Kristalyn maintains an active pro bono practice and previously served on the Public Law Center Advocates and the Associate Board of the Constitutional Rights Foundation Orange County.

  • Best Lawyers in America®: Ones to Watch: Labor and Employment Law – Management (2021-2026), Litigation – Labor and Employment (2026)

Kristalyn advises companies on all aspects of labor and employment law, including counseling, corporate transactions, and dispute resolution. She provides preventive advice on employment practices such as evaluating personnel decisions, requests for leave and accommodations, and compliance with Cal/OSHA workplace safety requirements. Kristalyn also drafts and audits employee policies and handbooks and prepares employment and severance agreements.

Kristalyn defends clients in employment disputes and litigation before various governmental agencies, in state and federal court, arbitration, and pre-litigation resolution. She is experienced with disputes involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wage and hour claims (including the Private Attorney General Act).

Kristalyn also supports corporate transactions by advising on the employment aspects of her clients’ deals, serving as a go-to resource on both buy-side and sell-side deals.

Kristalyn was recognized as Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for Labor and Employment Law – Management starting in 2021. She was also selected as an academy fellow in 2016 and 2017 for the National Employment Law Council (NELC), and she remains an active member.

Kristalyn maintains an active pro bono practice and previously served on the Public Law Center Advocates and the Associate Board of the Constitutional Rights Foundation Orange County.

  • Best Lawyers in America®: Ones to Watch: Labor and Employment Law – Management (2021-2026), Litigation – Labor and Employment (2026)

Top areas of focus

  • Advocate, Public Law Center (2017-present)
  • Member, Orange County Asian American Bar Association
  • Academy Fellow (2016-2017), Member, National Employment Law Council
  • Associate Board, Constitutional Rights Foundation Orange County (2020)
  • Intern, Orange County Public Defender (2012-2013)

Education

  • Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law, J.D.
  • University of California, Los Angeles, B.A.

Bar Admissions

  • California

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
  • U.S. District Court, Central District of California

Clerkships

  • Hon. Ronald P. Kreber, Orange County Superior Court, 2012
  • Speaker, “Back to Work Issues,” Troutman Sanders and Pepper Hamilton COVID-19 Issues for Employers Podcast Series, May 18, 2020.
  • Speaker, “Getting Ready for 2020: Employment and Privacy Law Breakfast Seminar,” Troutman Sanders, San Diego, CA, December 12, 2019.
  • Speaker, “Getting Ready for 2020: Employment and Privacy Law Breakfast Seminar,” Troutman Sanders, Orange County, CA, December 11, 2019.
  • Speaker, “Constitutional Rights in the Workplace: Religion, Disabilities, Social Media, Race, and Politics,” Lewis Brisbois Annual Workers’ Compensation and Employment Seminar, 2018.