Janice Lin

Janice’s practice covers a wide range of labor and employment matters in state and federal court. Janice represents clients in litigation matters on a wide variety of employment claims, including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, breach of employment agreement and trade secret misappropriation claims.

Judicial law clerk for the Honorable Benita Y. Pearson of the Northern District of Ohio.

Judicial Extern for the Honorable Sharon J. Coleman of the Northern District of Illinois.

Conduct legal research on anti-discrimination laws and relevant cases.

• Evaluated and presented risk of terminating employees who requested accommodations for disabilities and employees who were associated with ethics hotline reports
• Drafted a new U.S. leave policy for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking
• Recommended and implemented changes to VMware’s U.S. anti-discrimination and anti-harassment policy, U.S. pregnancy disability leave policy, and disability subrogation and reimbursement agreement to comply with recently passed state laws
• Created a timeline and summary of documents used by outside counsel in a trial deposition of a VMware manager

• Managed portfolio of ten clients totaling $3 million in revenue across the United States and Canada
• Advised global executive and human resource leadership teams within manufacturing, finance and insurance, healthcare, and agriculture industries on strategies to improve workplace cultures and customer experiences
• Analyzed and identified pertinent information to share with clients on strengths and opportunities of their employee and customer experiences
• Analyzed survey data, reviewing solutions to improve clients’ experiences and increase client retention

• Provided clients with impactful insights and tactical recommendations based on qualitative and quantitative analyses to help transform their workplaces
• Articulated insights and solutions through creative visuals and mediums
• Collaborated in developing strategic client solutions utilizing Gallup's consulting framework,
sciences, and philosophies
• Guided clients on best approaches to maximize the potential of the client solutions offered
• Led successful survey implementation projects with efficient project management skills and the optimization of internal resources

• Conducted experiment trials for multiple psycholinguistic experiments using MatLab and eyetracking devices
• Developed deep understanding of psycholinguistic research and research methods and processes
• Coded and transcribed subject data using Microsoft Excel

• Researched foreclosure options and procedures
• Collected information from clients, banks, and opposing counsel by mail and telephone
• Developed basic understanding of court hearing and mediation processes, foreclosure options and legal real estate terms
• Filed confidential clients’ bank statements and correspondences, court pleadings and tax records

• Gathered data on businesses, stock markets, patents and trademarks
• Drafted surrogacy contract based on California legislation with a team of six interns
• Researched most recent California and Illinois legislation and Taiwanese court opinions
• Translated, revised, and transcribed legal documents and recordings from Mandarin to English