Kinsey O'Brien

Kinsey represents and advises private and public employers in all aspects of labor and employment law. She regularly counsels employers on compliance with federal wage and hour laws, worker classification issues, inclusive hiring and employment practices including leave and accommodation management, avoidance of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims, discipline, and discharge, and workplace policies and handbooks. Working with her clients as a strategic business partner, Kinsey helps management and human resource professionals mitigate risk through all phases of the employment relationship.

Kinsey is also highly experienced in conducting and advising clients on investigations into alleged harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and other misconduct by employees.

Kinsey also regularly defends employers in a broad array of employment-related litigation, including allegations involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, leave and accommodations, whistleblower actions, contract disputes, and federal and state wage and hour statutes. She is experienced in all phases of litigation, including handling administrative charges and investigations, drafting pleadings, conducting discovery, motion practice, class and collective certification issues, mediation and settlement negotiations, and trial.

Before joining Hodgson Russ, Kinsey worked for a law firm in Buffalo. She also clerked for the United States Attorney’s Office, Western District of New York and worked in the office of a United States Senator.