Mikaela Shaw Masoudpour is trusted advisor to employers on a broad range of high-profile employment matters. Executive leadership and boards frequently call on Mikaela to investigate workplace misconduct claims and advise on remediation measures. Mikaela is sought out for outcome-oriented counseling to address pressing workplace needs from the pre-employment stage through separation of employment, including implementing AI tools in the workplace, leaves and accommodations, performance management, remote work, restrictive covenants, wage and hour, workplace policies, and labor relations. Mikaela also focuses on pay equity matters, such as advising clients on equal pay and pay transparency laws and conducting proactive audits and compensation analyses.

When litigation does occur, Mikaela regularly represents clients in courts and before administrative agencies in individual and class claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Family and Medical Leave Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Equal Pay Act, federal labor laws, and other employment statutes. She leverages her deep courtroom experience to assist employers with litigation prevention and crisis management.