Elena Baca is the Global Chair of the Paul Hastings Employment Law Department, and leads a diverse group of more than 80 lawyers in 10 offices around the world. Ms. Baca is recognized as a leading trial lawyer by many noted publications. She has been consistently ranked by Chambers USA and The Legal 500 as one of the top employment defense lawyers in California. Chambers USA has noted that her "litigation track record and outstanding trial victories stand out in the legal marketplace, due to both her sheer volume of wins and the ways in which these decisions are helping to shape future employment and labor law, particularly in California." Ms. Baca also has been selected continuously since 2006 as one of the Best Lawyers in America in employment law. She has repeatedly been named as one of California’s "Top Labor and Employment Attorneys" by the Los Angeles Daily Journal. An experienced trial lawyer, Ms. Baca has established an impressive record of defense verdicts and arbitration wins representing a wide variety of corporate clients. Her practice is focused on employment-related issues, such as employee mobility, discrimination, wage and hour, and whistleblower issues. She is considered a "go-to" employment lawyer for many employers with high-profile disputes involving high-level executives and contentious high-stakes litigation.