Our Attorneys
Natasha J. Baker
John F. Baum
Jayne Benz Chipman
Amy A. Durgan
Stephen J. Hirschfeld
Kristin L. Oliveira
Carmen Plaza de Jennings
Felicia R. Reid
John F. Baum
Jayne Benz Chipman
Amy A. Durgan
Stephen J. Hirschfeld
Kristin L. Oliveira
Carmen Plaza de Jennings
Felicia R. Reid
Natasha J. Baker
Partner
415-835-9000
Partner
415-835-9000
Natasha J. Baker is a partner in the firm's San Francisco office. Ms. Baker advises private and public institutions of higher education on a broad range of legal matters, including labor, employment, student affairs and compliance issues.
John F. Baum
Partner
415-835-9006
Partner
415-835-9006
John Baum is a partner in the firm’s San Francisco office. His focus is in labor and employment law litigation and counseling on behalf of private and public employers, as well as educational institutions.
Jayne Benz Chipman
Associate
415-835-9000
Associate
415-835-9000
Jayne Benz Chipman is a senior associate in the firm's San Francisco office. Ms. Chipman has spent over fifteen years counseling and representing both private and public employers in California, with an emphasis on the public sector and higher educational institutions.
Amy A. Durgan
Associate
415-835-9000
Associate
415-835-9000
Amy Durgan is an associate in the firm’s San Francisco office. Ms. Durgan represents private and public sector employers in a broad range of labor and employment law matters, including harassment, discrimination, wage and hour litigation, and wrongful termination.
Stephen J. Hirschfeld
Partner
415-835-9011
Partner
415-835-9011
Stephen Hirschfeld is a founding partner and co-manager with the law firm of Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP, in San Francisco, California. He is also the Chief Executive Officer of the Employment Law Alliance (ELA), the world’s largest network of labor and employment lawyers.
Kristin L. Oliveira
Of Counsel
415-835-9051
Of Counsel
415-835-9051
Kristin L. Oliveira is Of Counsel with Hirschfeld Kraemer and practices in the firm’s San Francisco office. She concentrates her practice in wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination matters, class action wage & hour litigation, employment advice and counsel, and internal workplace investigations.
Carmen Plaza de Jennings
Partner
415-835-9000
Partner
415-835-9000
Carmen Plaza de Jennings is a partner in the firm's San Francisco office. In addition, Ms. Plaza de Jennings is head of the firm's Latin America Practice Group. She practices in the area of labor and employment law, with an emphasis on the representation of public sector employers, including cities, counties, institutions of higher education, and special districts
Felicia R. Reid
Partner
415-835-9000
Partner
415-835-9000
Felicia R. Reid is a partner in the firm’s San Francisco office, and heads the firm’s Wage and Hour practice group. Her practice focuses on both litigation and practical day-to-day advice and counsel to employers not only in the wage and hour arena, but also on the full range of labor and employment law matters.





