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Kristi Nelson Foy is a pragmatic, strategic partner to employers, offering experienced counsel and direction across a wide variety of labor and employment matters.
Over the course of her career, Kristi has developed extensive experience in advising employers on designing and implementing compensation strategies that ensure compliance with evolving legal standards and promote fairness and transparency in compensation practices. Her work in this area includes counseling on pay transparency compliance, conducting pay audits, and developing policies and practices to prevent pay disparities. Kristi’s commitment to advancing pay equity has been recognized with her appointment as co-chair of Ogletree’s national Pay Equity Practice Group.
In addition to her work in pay equity, Kristi has become a formidable advocate in contested cases. She has litigated employment claims before state and federal administrative agencies, state and federal courts, and the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights. Kristi has adeptly represented clients in internal investigations, employee grievance processes, mediations, and arbitrations. She has also served as lead negotiator in dozens of bargaining scenarios.
Additionally, Kristi spent several years as both an in-house attorney and Director of Human Resources for public sector entities. In these executive leadership roles, she managed hundreds of employees and a multimillion-dollar salary and benefits budget. Kristi was directly responsible for strategic staffing decisions, expanding and enhancing employee benefit opportunities, administering leave provisions, implementing new policies and training requirements, managing employee performance, and making all disciplinary and termination decisions. This first-hand experience has given her unique insight into the challenges faced by human resources professionals and business owners nationwide. The perspective Kristi gained in-house enables her to provide relevant and discerning advice and counsel.
Kristi’s comprehensive understanding of labor and employment law, combined with her practical experience in human resources management and executive leadership, makes her an invaluable asset to any organization navigating the complexities of the modern workplace.
