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.

  • 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