McKenzie concentrates her practice on advising and representing employers ranging in size from startups to global corporations in a broad variety of employment and labor law, including the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), California Labor Code, Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), and National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).
Prior to joining Mintz, McKenzie was an associate at a global employment and labor law firm in San Francisco, where she represented employers in matters involving claims of wage and hour violations, harassment, retaliation, discrimination, and independent contractor misclassification.
McKenzie earned her JD from the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly known as UC Hastings). During law school, McKenzie worked as a law clerk with the Workers’ Rights Clinic for Legal Aid at Work in San Francisco and the Workers’ Rights Clinic for the COVID-19 Response team in assisting low-income clients on unemployment insurance appeals.
Prior to law school, she earned a BA in human services from Western Washington University and worked as an investigative intern for the Whatcom County Public Defender’s Office.
McKenzie is based in the San Diego office.