Fenton & Keller is pleased to announce that Susannah L. Ashton has joined the firm. Susannah’s practice focuses on general civil litigation and employment law litigation and counseling.

With extensive litigation experience in both California and New York, Susannah has represented and advised management in all areas of labor and employment matters including complex class actions and union representation campaigns. Susannah has experience representing clients before the California Labor Commissioner, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, the National Labor Relations Board, and the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board. Before joining Fenton & Keller, Susannah gained valuable employment and immigration law experience through her participation in litigation in federal court involving the processing of H-2A visa applications.

Susannah earned her B.A. from the University of California, Santa Cruz and her J.D. from Brooklyn Law School in 2009. During law school, Susannah co-founded the Brooklyn Law Students for Veterans Rights and won second place in a national legal writing competition for employment law.