Kalley R. Aman is a Shareholder in the Firm’s Labor and Employment, Litigation Practice Group, and Hospitality, Restaurant, Food and Beverage Practice Group. Ms. Aman specializes in employment litigation and counseling, commercial litigation, and complex and class actions. She represents employers in litigation involving claims of employment discrimination, wrongful termination, sexual harassment, retaliation, wage and hour violations, unfair competition, defamation and misappropriation of trade secrets. Ms. Aman regularly counsels employers on wage and hour compliance, terminations, disciplinary matters, harassment and discrimination complaints, and compliance with federal, state and local laws and regulations.
Ms. Aman represents clients across a wide variety of industries, including mortgage lending and banking, national restaurant chains, retail, apparel, beauty, manufacturing, artificial turf and real estate. She practices in state and federal courts across the country, and before state and federal agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the United States Department of Labor, the Department of Fair Employment & Housing, and the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement.
Ms. Aman was named a 2023 “Women of Influence: Attorneys” by the Los Angeles Business Journal. An honor she has received for the last three years. Previously, Ms. Aman was selected as a Southern California Super Lawyer Rising Star from 2006-2008 and 2010. She is the author of “No Remedy for Hostile Environment Sexual Harassment? Balancing a Plaintiff’s Right to Relief Against Protection of Small Business Employers,” 4 J. Small & Emerging Bus. L. 319 (2000), and a book review in International Lawyer.
Ms. Aman earned her J.D. at Lewis and Clark School of Law, where she was an editor of the Journal of Small and Emerging Business Law. She received her Bachelors of Science in Political Science and her Masters of Science in Political Theory and International Law from Portland State University.
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Kalley Aman and Mercedes Martin Named 2024 “Women of Influence: Attorneys” by the Los Angeles Business Journal
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Buchalter is pleased to congratulate Shareholders Kalley Aman and Mercedes Martin, who were recognized as 2024 “Women of Influence: Attorneys” by the Los Angeles Business […]
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Tanya Viner and Kalley R. Aman Named 2023 “Women of Influence: Attorneys” by the Los Angeles Business Journal
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Buchalter is pleased to congratulate Shareholders Tanya Viner and Kalley R. Aman who were recognized as 2023 “Women of Influence: Attorneys” by the Los Angeles […]
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Adam Bass Co-Moderator and Kalley Aman Presenter at Sandpiper Partner’s 15th Annual Los Angeles Legal Market Conference 2023
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Adam Bass, President and Chief Executive Officer of Buchalter, will serve as a Co-Moderator of Sandpiper Partner’s 15th Annual Los Angeles Legal Market Conference 2023. […]
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Kalley R. Aman Nominated for the 2022 “Inspirational Women” Awards by L.A. Times B2b Publishing
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Buchalter is please to congratulate Kalley Aman for her recognition at the 2022 Inspirational Women Forum and Leadership Awards hosted by L.A. Times B2B Publishing. […]
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Buchalter Relocates to Fox Tower in Downtown Portland
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18 May, 2022. Buchalter is pleased to announce its Portland office has relocated to occupy the 15th floor in Fox Tower in downtown Portland. With […]
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Tanya Viner and Kalley R. Aman Named 2022 “Women of Influence: Attorneys” by the Los Angeles Business Journal
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Buchalter is pleased to congratulate Shareholders Tanya Viner and Kalley R. Aman who were recognized as 2022 “Women of Influence: Attorneys” by the Los Angeles […]
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Tanya Viner and Kalley R. Aman Named 2021 “Women of Influence: Attorneys” by the Los Angeles Business Journal
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Buchalter is pleased to congratulate Shareholders Tanya Viner and Kalley R. Aman who were recognized as 2021 “Women of Influence: Attorneys” by the Los Angeles […]
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Kalley R. Aman and Carol K. Lucas Recognized in Los Angeles Business Journal’s 2020 Women’s Leadership Series and Awards
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Buchalter is proud to announce that Shareholders, Kalley R. Aman and Carol K. Lucas, have been honored as nominees in the Los Angeles Business Journal’s […]
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Presentation
Arthur Chinski and Kalley Aman, Speakers at Hospitality Lawyers Conference
April 24th, 2017
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Presentation
Kalley Aman, speaker at Cornell Institute for Hospitality Labor and Employment Relations Regional Roundtable
January 25th, 2017
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Presentation
Kalley R. Aman, Speaker at the 11th Annual HR in Hospitality Conference
March 28th, 2017
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Presentation
Kalley Aman, Speaker at the Hospitality Law Conference
February 23rd, 2016
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Publication
Rules for Workplace Social Media Policies That Work, Los Angeles Lawyer, February 2016
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February 10th, 2016
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Presentation
Kalley Aman, Speaker at the Professionals In Human Resources Association Seminar
April 28th, 2015
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon
Additional Specialties
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Class Action Litigation
Financial Institutions Litigation
Real Estate Litigation