The "Hiring, Performance Management and Termination" event is a live breakfast briefing organized by Littler, a leading employment and labor law firm. Scheduled for Thursday, February 19, 2026, from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM EST, the event will take place at the Fairmont Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
This program focuses on the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in employment practices, addressing key legal risks associated with AI tools in hiring, performance management, and termination processes. Topics include discrimination concerns, transparency requirements, challenges posed by "black box" systems, and the evolving regulatory landscape at state and federal levels.
Attendees will receive practical guidance on responsibly incorporating AI into their operations, covering effective oversight, risk assessment practices, vendor management, and strategies for maintaining compliance across multiple jurisdictions. The session aims to equip participants with a framework for transitioning from risk identification to safe and business-aligned AI adoption.
The event is designed for HR professionals, legal counsel, and business leaders seeking to understand and navigate the complexities of AI implementation in employment practices. Participants will have opportunities for networking during the breakfast session and can engage in a Q&A segment to address specific concerns.
Speakers(22)
Alejandra Romero Martinez
Associate at Littler
Alejandra Romero focuses her practice on advising national and international companies on a variety of labor matters. She has experience in implementing strategies for compliance with provisions such as analysis of specialized services and subcontracting, teleworking, employment termination procedures, internal work regulations, internal policies, and general compliance with the Mexican labor legislation.
Alexis Lemajic
Associate at Littler
Alexis Lemajic has significant experience in both provincial and federal employment and labor law matters. She advises clients on employment standards, compliance, performance management, hiring, accommodation, and termination matters.
Angela E. Martinez Meakin
Associate at Littler
Angela E. Martinez Meakin represents employers in labor and employment matters, including wage and hour class actions, workplace audits, investigations, discrimination, and harassment claims. She focuses on hiring, performance management, termination, and workplace investigations.
Bilal Haider
Associate at Littler
Bilal Haider defends employers in administrative, state, federal, and arbitration proceedings against various claims, including wage and hour, discrimination, retaliation, and noncompete clauses. He provides legal counsel to domestic and global employers on all employment matters, including the Americans with Disabilities Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, Title VII, WARN notices, employee terminations, and performance management.
Colette L. Kopon
Of Counsel at Littler
Colette L. Kopon advises and defends clients in all aspects of employment disputes and litigation. Her practice also includes internal investigations, crisis management, defamation, fraud, and tort matters. She represents clients in a variety of industries, including healthcare, manufacturing, technology, education, and retail.
Edgardo Ratti
Partner at Littler
Edgardo Ratti advises and represents companies in a broad range of employment law matters, concentrating in Italian employment law and industrial relations, both in litigation and non-contentious matters. He has extensive experience in the field of corporate reorganizations with clients from various sectors, including engineering, food, information technology, trade, and fashion.
Ellen Storch
Shareholder at Littler
Ellen Storch represents management in labor and employment law, defending employers in discrimination, harassment, restrictive covenant disputes, and wage and hour claims. She provides counsel on hiring, performance management, termination, policies, procedures, and handbooks.
Ian G. Robertson
Shareholder at Littler
Ian G. Robertson’s employment law practice focuses primarily on defense of wage and hour class actions and California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) cases. He also emphasizes preventative measures for employers such as hiring, performance management, termination, training programs, handbook preparation, and compliance counseling.
Jacob Krall
Of Counsel at Littler
Jacob Krall's practice encompasses the defense of employers and management against claims of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, and wage and hour violations before state and federal courts and administrative agencies.
Jason D. Byrd
Special Counsel, Secondment at Littler
Jason Byrd is a trusted advisor and advocate, delivering strategic counsel and practical solutions to varying labor and employment challenges. His extensive legal practice spans the full spectrum of employment law from advising on day-to-day workplace inquiries to representing clients in high-stakes litigation.
Jeffrey J. Moyle
Counsel at Littler
Jeffrey J. Moyle’s practice focuses on leaves of absence and disability accommodation; discrimination and harassment; competition and trade secret law; hiring, performance management and termination; and wage and hour matters.
Jennifer Foldvary Goldberg
Of Counsel at Littler
Jennifer Goldberg advises and represents employers in labor and employment law matters, including wage and hour class actions, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, leaves of absence, and disability accommodations. She counsels clients on hiring, performance management, and terminations.
Jonathan E. Kaplan
Shareholder at Littler
Jonathan E. Kaplan has devoted his entire career to representing management clients exclusively in all areas of labor relations, employment law, and human resources management. His practice spans litigation, training, and consulting, in which he has handled matters in more than 40 states and Canada.
Kemi Faneye
Associate at Littler
Kemi Faneye focuses her practice on labor and employment law matters. She advises and represents employers in all areas of employment and labor law, including employment standards, employment litigation and dispute resolution, human rights, disability and accommodation, harassment and discrimination, as well as union certification, collective bargaining, grievance management, and labor arbitrations.
Laura Davis
Associate at Littler
Laura Davis advises employers on a broad range of employment matters, including discrimination and harassment, retaliation, discipline, wage and hour issues, contract disputes, hiring, termination, workplace investigations, severance agreements, leave compliance, accommodations and the interactive process, and performance management.
Merrili Escue
Shareholder at Littler
Merrili Escue has more than 20 years of experience in employment law, representing companies in matters such as wage and hour cases, discrimination, harassment, and wrongful terminations. She provides counsel on hiring, performance management, terminations, and employment agreements.
Monty Verlint
Partner at Littler
Monty Verlint’s practice encompasses all areas of labor and employment law. He is actively involved in Employment Standards Act hearings, human rights and discrimination matters, wrongful dismissal cases, Canada Labour Code hearings, Employment Insurance Act hearings, judicial reviews, employment contracts, including those for senior executives, employee issues surrounding sale of a business, termination and severance packages, employee handbooks, and workplace policies.
Nathaniel Jenkins
Attorney at Littler
Nathaniel Jenkins represents and advises employers on a range of labor and employment law matters, including hiring, performance management and termination; discrimination and harassment; and policies, procedures, and handbooks.
Peter T. Tschanz
Associate at Littler
Peter T. Tschanz counsels companies on a wide range of issues that arise out of the employer-employee relationship, including hiring, performance management and termination issues; wage and hour compliance; and development of noncompetition and trade secret agreements.
Puneet Dhaliwal
Associate at Littler
Puneet Dhaliwal advises and counsels clients throughout the entire employment lifecycle, from onboarding to termination. She regularly represents clients in litigation involving complex causes of action, with a particular focus on breach of noncompetition, trade secret, and confidentiality agreements.
Rocio Blanco Garcia
Shareholder at Littler
Rocio Blanco Garcia counsels and represents clients in a broad range of labor and employment matters. She devotes a significant portion of her practice to advising clients nationwide on leaves of absences and the Americans with Disabilities Act and is an experienced trainer on these subjects.
Shirley Lerner
Senior Counsel at Littler
For over three decades, Shirley Lerner has represented employers in a wide variety of employment claims in state and federal courts and before administrative agencies. She has successfully defended her clients against claims of wrongful termination, unfair competition, discrimination, harassment, contractor misclassification, and wage and hour violations.
Event Details
- Date
- September 18, 2014
- Location
- 🇺🇸 Pittsburgh, United States
- Fairmont Pittsburgh
- Pricing
- Unknown
- Audience
- HR professionals, legal counsel, business leaders
- CLE Credits
- SHRM and CLE certifications are pending.