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Priya Vivian

Priya Vivian

USA 2026

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About

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Practice Areas

Priya Vivian serves as co-leader of the firm’s Labor and Employment Group. She is a dedicated employment adviser and litigator. Her solutions-oriented practice focuses on advising and representing employers on the full employment cycle, from hiring to terminations and beyond.

Priya provides tailored and strategic guidance to employers on hiring, executive agreements, employment agreements, restrictive covenants, leaves, disability accommodation, employment policies, discipline, and separations. She also provides engaging on-site and virtual training that captures the latest local, state, and federal employment law updates. She defends employers in class and collective actions, wage and hour, discrimination, retaliation, and harassment matters before administrative or government agencies, arbitration panels, and state and federal court.

Before joining our firm, Priya clerked for Judge David L. Russell in the Western District of Oklahoma. Prior to her clerkship, she was a litigator in Atlanta, Georgia.

Career

Admissions

Washington

Georgia

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Professional Memberships

Professional Activities

Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, Fellow, 2021

Pacific Coast Labor & Employment Law Conference, Planning Committee Member, 2024

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Labor & Employment - Washington

Band 3
Band 3

Individual Editorial

Priya Vivian has experience assisting clients with employment matters following significant transactions, as well as representing them in high-profile litigation.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • Priya Vivian is intelligent and proactive in thinking ahead and planning accordingly to ensure a proper defense.

    Labor & EmploymentChambers Guide to the USA
  • Priya Vivian is extremely knowledgeable and responsive.

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  • Priya is smart and articulate. She really understands the ins and outs of case law, and she is also good at navigating difficult conversations with opposing counsel.

    Labor & EmploymentChambers Guide to the USA
  • Priya Vivian navigates the legal, ethical, business and diversity and inclusion issues with ease. She is responsive and fun to work with, and her legal analysis has prevented several employment situations from escalating into more significant issues.

    Labor & EmploymentChambers Guide to the USA

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