Beth A. Schroeder

Partner and General Counsel

Beth Schroeder is a partner and general counsel at Silver & Freedman, as well as  Chair of the firm's Hospitality Practice Group. She represents employers in all aspects of employment and labor law, including the defense of employment related lawsuits involving wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, wage and hour issues and related claims. Beth's practice also includes conducting employee training classes, drafting employee handbooks and other personnel forms and documentation, preparing employment-related agreements and auditing wage and hour compliance. In addition to these services, Beth provides extensive day-to-day counseling to help employers in the prevention of employment-related claims. She also works closely with many Employment Practices Liability carriers and administers several risk management programs.  

Beth regularly speaks at conventions, conferences and seminars across the country and internationally, such as PIHRA (Professionals In Human Resources Association), PLUS (Professional Liability Underwriters Society), PIA (Printing Industries Association), and CRA (California Restaurant Association) on topics of wage and hour, sexual harassment, preventing wrongful discharge, personnel policies, EPL Insurance and other employment law matters. Her articles on employment law matters have appeared in several local and national publications, including the Los Angeles Daily Journal, the Los Angeles Business Journal and Nation's Restaurant News. Beth is also co-author of The EPL Book entitled "A Practical Guide to Employment Practices, Liability and Insurance" (3rd Ed. 2001, Griffin Communications).

Beth received her J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law in 1985 and her B.A., with distinction, in psychology from the University of Wisconsin in 1981.