Overview

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.

Professional & Community Affiliations

Member

Labor and Employment Section

San Diego County Bar Association

Past Co-President, Board of Directors

Tom Homann LGBT Law Association

Board Member and Past Chair

North San Diego Business Chamber

Recognition

Named, The Best Lawyers in America®

2022-2025

Named, Women of Influence

SD Metro

2023-2024

News, Analysis & Press

The Littler Annual Employer Survey 2024

Littler Report

May 8, 2024

Guiding Companies Toward Pay Equity Compliance

Directors & Boards

March 1, 2024

Progressive Legislative W&H Push Set To Continue In 2024

Law360 Employment Authority

December 8, 2023

Speaking Engagements

Littler Hawaii Breakfast Briefing

Honolulu, HI

June 21, 2024

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

Littler Executive Employer Conference, Phoenix, AZ

May 9, 2024

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

Littler Executive Employer Conference, Phoenix, AZ

May 8, 2024

Show and Tell: Pay Transparency and Disclosure Requirements Go Primetime

Littler Executive Employer Conference, Phoenix, AZ

May 11, 2023

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

Littler Executive Employer Conference, Phoenix, AZ

May 10, 2023

Education

  • J.D., Seton Hall University School of Law, 2000magna cum laude
  • M.S., Carnegie Mellon University, 1991
  • B.S., Carnegie Mellon University, 1989

Bar Admission

California

Courts

  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
  • U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of California