Christina Heischmidt

Christina Heischmidt focuses her practice on employment and labor law, and notably serves as a representative for Wilson Elser’s Women Attorneys Valued & Empowered (WAVE) initiative. She has significant experience handling complex employment and wage-related litigation and counseling matters for a range of local, national, and multinational employers in the areas of higher education, transportation, technology, retail, hospitality, government contracting, and nonprofit. She regularly represents large multi-unit property owners and management in fair housing matters. Christina has represented clients successfully before agencies and courts at the local, state and federal level. Her work has involved discrimination related to the protected classes of race, color, sex (including gender, sexual harassment and discrimination based on pregnancy, childbirth, etc.), national origin, age, religion, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, family and caregiving responsibilities, and disability. Christina also regularly conducts internal investigations for clients on workplace claims. In addition to litigation, Christina regularly provides advice and counseling to a number of clients on employment and fair housing matters and assists employers in developing employee handbooks and other employment- and fair housing-related policies and procedures. She regularly provides presentations and training for employers on a wide range of EEO and fair housing issues. Christina provides counsel to employers and management to mitigate the risk of potential lawsuits and avoid significant costs.