Denise M. Visconti

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Denise M. Visconti has litigated hundreds of matters – from class action litigation, representative actions, and private attorney general matters, to single-plaintiff actions – over the last 20 years. Currently, Denise spends the bulk of her time advising organizations and their human resources teams in all aspects of the employment relationship.  Denise has extensive experience conducting pay equity audits for all types of employers, from start-ups to Fortune 50 companies, and helped develop the Littler Pay Equity Assessment™.  She regularly provides counseling to employers on a broad range of state and federal issues related to pay equity, from compliance, to updating policies and job descriptions, to training managers and recruiters, and more.

Denise also regularly provides advice and counseling to clients regarding gender identity and gender expression-related issues, gender transitions in the workplace, and various issues relating to domestic partnerships and same-sex couples. She also has given a number of presentations to human resource professionals, managers, and employees on valuing diversity and creating and maintaining a diverse workplace.

Denise serves on Littler’s firm-wide Management Committee. She previously served as the San Diego Office Managing Shareholder and, prior to that, served as the San Diego Office representative of the Associates Committee.

Prior to joining Littler Mendelson in January 2004, Denise was a judicial clerk to the Honorable Louisa S. Porter, Presiding Magistrate Judge, Southern District of California and judicial clerk to the Honorable Peter A. Nowinski, Eastern District of California. She spent her third year of law school working in the Immigration and Human Rights Legal Clinic helping newly-arriving immigrants obtain political asylum. She also was student director for the Legislative Journal.

Credentials & Recognition

Speaking Engagements

Boards, HR, and Legal: Developing and Organizational Apporach to Equal Pay

  • May 9, 2024
  • Littler Executive Employer Conference, Phoenix, AZ

My Rights Versus Yours: Human Rights Protection in Tension with Religious Freedoms

  • May 8, 2024
  • Littler Executive Employer Conference, Phoenix, AZ

Show and Tell: Pay Transparency and Disclosure Requirements Go Primetime

  • May 11, 2023
  • Littler Executive Employer Conference, Phoenix, AZ

Inclusion, Equity & Diversity 2.0 – A Panoramic View and Update of IE&D's Hot Issues

  • May 10, 2023
  • Littler Executive Employer Conference, Phoenix, AZ

A Practical Primer on Inclusion, Equity & Diversity Programs

  • May 4, 2022
  • Littler Executive Employer Conference

Tech Talk – Minding the Pay Gap: A Technological Solution for Pay Equity Compliance

  • April 30, 2019
  • 2019 ACC Xchange

Pay Equity

  • May 4, 2018
  • Littler Executive Employer, Phoenix, AZ

Balancing LGBTQ Issues in an Ever-Evolving Workplace

  • May 3, 2018
  • Littler Executive Employer, Phoenix, AZ

The Pay Equity Wave Rolls On: What You Need to Know to Stay Afloat

  • May 3, 2018
  • Littler Executive Employer, Phoenix, AZ

Moving Through the Fog: Handling Complex Issues in Workplace Accommodations Involving "Invisible" Disabilities, Gender Identity and Religious Preferences

  • May 12, 2017

Closing the Gender Pay Gap: The Role of State Fair Pay Laws

  • May 5, 2016
  • The 2016 Executive Employer® Conference

Same-Sex Marriage, Religion and the Workplace: Accommodating Constitutionally Protected (and Potentially Competing) Rights

  • May 5, 2016
  • The 2016 Executive Employer® Conference, Scottsdale, AZ

Additional Thought Leadership

From Pronouns to Restrooms – Accommodating Transgender Employees in the Workplace

  • Association of Corporate Counsel North Florida Chapter, Fourth Quarter Newsletter 2015

Discrimination: EEOC Decision That Title VII Protects Transgender Workers Could Have Big Impact

  • May 2012
  • Bloomberg BNA Human Resources Report

Gender Identity And Expression: The Next Frontier

  • September 2007
  • Employment Law 360
  • Lee Schreter

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