Ron S. Brand, Esq.

Ron S. Brand, Esq., is a Partner and Chair of Kahana Feld's Labor & Employment Counseling and Litigation practice group where he provides legal guidance and representation to employers in all aspects of labor and employment law, including defense against Federal and State-based wrongful termination, retaliation, harassment, discrimination, wage and hour, whistleblower, defamation, breach of contract, fraudulent inducement, and other similar claims. Mr. Brand also has extensive experience in class action wage and hour lawsuits as well as representative lawsuits brought under California’s Private Attorneys General Act.  He practices in Federal and State courts and before Federal and State administrative agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the California Employment Development Department, the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board, the California Labor Commissioner, and the California Civil Rights Department.  Mr. Brand also has significant experience in business and corporate litigation, unfair competition litigation, and trade secrets litigation.

Mr. Brand provides preventive counseling and advice to employers on a wide variety of human resources and personnel issues to avert litigation from arising.  He also negotiates, drafts, and provides advice regarding employment-related agreements.

Mr. Brand conducts in-house management seminars and training sessions on all aspects of labor and employment law.  He is a frequent lecturer before providers of continuing legal education, trade groups, associations, and private employers.

Mr. Brand also serves as Kahana Feld's General Counsel.

Mr. Brand enjoys hiking, reading, food and wine, music, and spending quality time with his family.

Notable Awards

• “AV” Peer Review Rated by Martindale Hubbell
• 2011 Southern California Rising Star
• 2015 Habitat for Humanity of Orange County Outstanding Volunteer Award for Human Resources
• 2016 Secretary/Treasurer of the Labor & Employment Section of the Orange County Bar Association
• 2017 Chair-Elect of the Labor & Employment Section of the Orange County Bar Association
• 2017 Honorary Chair of WHW’s Suits For A Cause Campaign
• 2018 Chair of the Labor & Employment Section of the Orange County Bar Association
• 2018 Honorary Chair of WHW’s Suits For A Cause Campaign
• 2019 - 2025 Southern California Super Lawyer

• California Lawyers Association, Member
• Labor and Employment Law Section of the California Lawyers Association, Member
• Orange County Bar Association, Member
• Labor & Employment Law Section of the Orange County Bar Association, Member
• Orange County Jewish Bar Association, Member
• Society for Human Resource Management, Member
• ProVisors, Member and Group Leader of the Orange County Lawyers and Legal Professionals Affinity Group

• Equity Insurance Managers of Illinois, LLC v. McNichols, 324 Ill.App.3d 830 (2001)

• Student Loan Fraud: Intent to Deceive not Required Under Section 1097(a) of the Higher Education Act [DePaul Business Law Journal, 10 DePaul Bus. L.J. 63 (now known as the DePaul Business & Commercial Law Journal)]
• Drafting Employment Documents for California Employers [Continuing Education of the Bar - California (CEB)]