Elimination of Bias Double Play: Advancing Diversity and Understanding Implicit Bias

Jean Kuei is a bi-coastal labor and employment attorney whopartners with employers to craft creative solutions to workplace disputes. Jeanadvises clients ranging from small businesses to Fortune 50 companies across awide array of industries, with an emphasis on the financial services, retailand automobile industries. Jean is not only a tenacious litigator, but ahighly-skilled negotiator, who has earned the respect of her clients andopponents alike. Her work covers a broad range of labor and employment casesfrom single-plaintiff retaliation, discrimination and harassment matters tomulti-plaintiff wage and hour class actions. Jean also regularly advisesemployers on breach of contract, trade secrets, unfair competition and ADAaccessibility issues.

BJ Trach, a member of Latham & Watkins' ExecutiveCommittee, represents companies and individuals facing securities fraudallegations, shareholder derivative suits, consumer class actions, productsliability and mass tort claims, as well as criminal and civil governmentinvestigations. He has successfully defended organizations in a range ofindustries, including healthcare, life sciences, technology, and retail,against high-stakes claims brought by shareholders, customers, communitystakeholders, and government agencies. He also conducts internalinvestigations, often in advance of litigation or enforcement. BJ previouslyserved as Global Chair of Latham’s Diversity Leadership Committee. Herepresents indigent defendants pro bono in federal criminal proceedings as amember of the Criminal Justice Act Panel for the District of Massachusetts. BJis a former Assistant US Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. He hasalso previously served as a member of the Massachusetts Ethics Commission andas a board member of the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association. He receivedhis JD from Harvard Law School.