Karen J. Sloat

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Biography

Karen Sloat’s career has spanned over 35 years in many practice areas and in three states – California, Colorado, and Hawaii. Ms. Sloat’s reputation is exemplary, as an exceptional labor law practitioner for many years. She has led clients to success while fighting claims of complex wage and hour violations, discrimination and harassment, employment contract issues, trade secret violations, fraud, and all other types of employment-related problems. As a zealous litigator, her knowledge of professions, occupations, and business issues enhances her valuable legal advice to all of our clients.

Ms. Sloat has represented clients in the areas of insurance defense, commercial litigation, construction, municipal, estate planning, personal injury, adoptions and conservatorships, multi-million dollar financial and real estate transactions, water and environmental law, fraud, land use, criminal and general contracts/business law. Her broad scope of experience has led to successful jury verdicts, valuable judgments in bench trials, and beneficial outcomes for all of her clients when transactions, mediations, arbitrations or other matters conclude.

Also, Ms. Sloat is a certified mediator who individuals and businesses retain to resolve disputes on a variety of legal issues. She also serves as a volunteer mediator in the Riverside County Superior Courts and lectures on labor law and nonprofit law issues across Southern California.

Education

• Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California
  • Juris Doctor – 1987
• College of William and Mary
  • Bachelor of Arts, Theatre Arts – 1980
  • Major: Theatre Arts

Bar Admission

• California, 1987
• Colorado, 1994
• Hawaii, 1989

Honors

• AV Preeminent Rating, Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™
• Top Lawyer – as recognized by Palm Springs Life magazine
• AVVO Superb Rating 10.0
• Southern California’s Top Rated Lawyers
• Listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers

Classes & Seminars Taught

• Labor Law Seminars and Webinars for numerous entities – Continuing Legal Education, Continuing CPA Education, Chambers of Commerce Educational Series, etc. Sexual Harassment Prevention Training, 2005 to Present

• Nonprofit Board Training – Board Onboarding and Best Practices, (Multiple clients and charitable entities), 2002 to Present

• Seminars on Human Resources Laws, Desert Community Employers Advisory Council, 2013 to Present

• Legal Updates and Labor Law Seminars, PIHRA, 2019 to Present

• Labor & Employment Law webinars, CPA Academy, LawLine, Law PracticeCLE, Community Associations Institute, etc., 2019 to Present

Pro-Bono Activities

• Ongoing work for non-profit organizations, including religious institutions, Bar Associations, and Chambers of Commerce, 1989 to Present
• Pastor’s Wife and Worship Leader, Coachella Valley Christian Church
• Co-Founder, Coachella Valley Women Lawyers
• Board of Directors, Desert Community Employers Advisory Council, 2021 – Present; and
• Advisory Council for Olive Crest

Languages

• English

Ancillary Businesses

• Mediations

Professional Associations

• Desert Bar Association, President, 2016 to 2017
• Desert Bar Association, Member, 2002 to Present
• Warren Slaughter-Richard Roemer (Palm Springs) Inn of Court, Board of Directors 2021 – Present

Current Employment Position

• President, Founder