Adam P. KohSweeney

Counsel

Adam P. KohSweeney is a counsel in O'Melveny's San Francisco office and a member of the Labor and Employment Practice. He has been named as a Southern California "Rising Star" in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 in an annual survey conducted by Law & Politics Media Inc. and published in Los Angeles magazine. Adam works on matters involving an array of labor- and employment-related issues under federal and state law, including litigation and arbitration under the Fair Labor Standards Act, state wage and hour laws, the Railway Labor Act, and the National Labor Relations Act, as well as contract and tort claims. He represents and counsels a wide variety of employers, including companies in the financial services, hospitality, airline, and construction industries.

Adam has been particularly active in the areas of wage and hour class action litigation, disputes involving employee raiding and misappropriation of confidential information, and arbitration of employment-related disputes pursuant to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's Code of Arbitration Procedure. He regularly drafts alternative dispute resolution policies for employers, and has contributed to a series of published articles concerning the enforceability of mandatory predispute arbitration programs.

Adam is also active in pro bono matters and often advises small and not-for-profit employers regarding compensation and employment policies and practices. In addition, before transferring to the San Francisco Office, he served as the Coordinating Attorney for the Los Angeles Office’s Trial Advocacy Prosecution Program, through which junior attorneys gain trial experience by partnering with the Redondo Beach City Prosecutor’s Office.

Professional Activities

Law Clerk, Honorable Howard H. Kestin, New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division
Admitted to Practice, US District Court, Central and Northern Districts of California; US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Presenter, Employers Group's Workplace and Employment Law Update (2009); Practicing Law Institute’s 37th Annual Institute on Employment Law (2008); Employers Group's Workplace and Employment Law Update (2008)
Co-Author, "Hiring? Laying Off? What You Must Know Now," BusinessWeek (October 2009; co-authored with Framroze Virjee)