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Karen J. Sloat

Attorney
Palm Desert, California, 92211

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Contact Information

Location
42600 Caroline Ct
Palm Desert, California, 92211
United States

Company Details

Hours of Operation
Monday-Friday: 9:00 am - 5:30 pm
Credentials
State Bar of California : Karen JoAnne Sloat #130730
Honors & Awards
Education:

Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California
Juris Doctor - 1987
College of William and Mary
Bachelor of Arts, Theatre Arts - 1980
Major: Theatre Arts
Bar Admission
California, 1987
Colorado, 1994
Hawaii, 1989

Honors:

AV Preeminent Rating, Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™
Top Lawyer – as recognized by Palm Springs Life magazine
AVVO Superb Rating 10.0
Southern California’s Top Rated Lawyers
Listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
Classes & Seminars Taught
Employment Law 2014; Comprehensive Guide, National Business Institute (NBI), 2014
Sexual Harassment Prevention Training (ongoing), Multiple Clients and Chambers of Commerce, 2005 to Present
Nonprofit Board Training - Board Orientation and Best Practices, Multiple clients and charitable entities , 2002 to Present

Seminars on Human Resources Laws, Desert Community Employers Advisory Council, 2013 to Present
PIHRA - Legal Updates, PIHRA, 2019 to Present
COVID-19 & Your Law Firm; 8 Strategies to Survive the Crisis, Guest Speaker, California Lawyers Association Solo and Small Practice Section, 2020
Labor & Employment Laws for Attorneys, Desert Bar Association
Federal Law Updates for Employers (COVID-19 Webinars), 2020
Pro-Bono Activities
Ongoing work for non-profit organizations, including religious institutions, Bar Associations, and Chambers of Commerce, 1989 to Present
Pastor's Wife and Worship Leader, Coachella Valley Christian Church
Co-Founder, Coachella Valley Women Lawyers

Languages:
English

Ancillary Businesses:

Preparation of Handbooks and Personnel Forms for Employers
Professional Associations
Desert Bar Association, President, 2016 to 2017
Desert Bar Association, Member, 2002 to Present
Warren Slaughter-Richard Roemer Inn of Court, Team Leader, Master and Member, 2005 to Present

More About Karen J. Sloat

Karen Sloat has a career spanning over 30 years in many practice areas, and in three states – California, Colorado and Hawaii.  Her reputation as a specialist in employment law for many years has given her the expertise to handle claims of complex wage and hour violations, discrimination and harassment, employment contracts, trade secret violations, fraud and all other employment-related issues. As a zealous litigator and trial lawyer, Ms. Sloat has a vast knowledge of professions, occupations and business issues that enhances her valuable legal advice to all of our clients – whether employees, employers or nonprofits. 

After graduating from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, in addition to her labor and nonprofit law expertise, Ms. Sloat served clients in the areas of insurance defense, commercial litigation, construction, municipal, estate planning, personal injury, adoptions and conservatorships, multi-million dollar financial and real estate transactions, water and environmental law, fraud, land use, criminal and general contracts/business law.  Her broad scope of experience has led to successful jury verdicts, valuable judgments in bench trials, and beneficial outcomes to all of her clients when transactions, mediations, arbitrations or other matters conclude.

Ms. Sloat is a certified mediator, retained by individuals and businesses to resolve disputes on a variety of legal issues.  She also serves as a volunteer mediator in the Riverside County Superior Courts and lectures on labor law and nonprofit law issues across Southern California.