Kristin L. Windtberg

Overview

Kristin counsels and defends employers of all sizes and across a wide spectrum of industries with an emphasis on providing clients with proactive strategies to manage litigation risk and ensure compliance with complex and ever-changing employment laws. She is a trusted advisor, drawing on her knowledge of state and federal employment laws to counsel clients on a wide range of employment-related issues, including wage and hour issues, discrimination and harassment, employee leave issues, workplace accommodations, hiring and termination practices, employee discipline, restrictive covenants, and trade secret protection. In addition to assisting clients in drafting and implementing legally-compliant employment policies and agreements, she conducts workplace investigations on employment-related issues.

Kristin is an experienced litigator and regularly represents clients in state and federal court as well as before regulatory agencies such as the EEOC, Arizona Civil Rights Division, and the Department of Labor. She has successfully defended employers against claims of discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, wage and hour violations, and breach of contract, and has defended and prosecuted cases involving restrictive covenants and trade secret protection.

Kristin’s practice also involves representing public entities such as municipalities, governmental agencies, and educational institutions in complex civil litigation.

Kristin has been named on the 40 & Under Hot List two consecutive times by Benchmark Litigation and has been recognized by Best Lawyers® for Labor and Employment Law. Before joining Osborn Maledon, she served as a judicial clerk for Justice W. Scott Bales of the Arizona Supreme Court.