Alyesha Asghar

  • Shareholder
  • Co-Chair, EEO & Inclusion Practice Group
  • Seattle
adotson@littler.com
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With over a decade of experience as an employment litigator and legal trainer, Alyesha Asghar adeptly navigates clients through the legal landscape, including in the Inclusion, Equity & Diversity space. She brings deep employment litigation experience and an innate understanding of business to her role as a diversity consultant and an employment attorney. Company executives in a broad spectrum of industries, including healthcare, manufacturing, retail, and professional services, look to her for Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity programming and counsel that emphasizes recruitment, equity-building engagement, productivity, and retention.

Alyesha’s multilingual and multicultural heritage, her globe-trotting personal background, and her qualifications as an employment attorney and neutral facilitator manifest in relatable training and legal advice that extends from the C-Suite to the shop floor. Alyesha possesses a multifaceted perspective on the design and implementation of meaningful Inclusion, Equity & Diversity initiatives that are not only legally compliant but harness the potential of both stakeholders and individual contributors.

Whether it is in IE&D programming or litigation, Alyesha engages with clients to understand what they need, and strategizes to deliver it to them in the most efficient and effective manner. 

Credentials & Recognition

Speaking Engagements

IE&D Under Attack: Reducing Risk and Seizing the Opportunities in a Vastly Changing Climate

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

Special Session: Stuck in the Middle: Finding Your Voice Between a Red Rock and Hard Blue Place

  • 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

Understanding the Interplay Between Union Organizing and Social Justice in Today's Workplace

  • February 15, 2023
  • Littler Webinar

Littler AI Summit

  • September 28, 2022 - September 29, 2022
  • Washington, District of Columbia
  • Littler Live Event

2022 Kansas City Regional Employer Conference

  • July 28, 2022
  • Kansas City, Missouri
  • Littler Live Event

The Ins and Outs of IE&D in U.S. and Non-U.S. Jurisdictions

  • June 21, 2022
  • Littler Webinar

Who Wants to Be a Lawionaire?

  • May 5, 2022
  • Littler Executive Employer Conference

A Practical Primer on Inclusion, Equity & Diversity Programs

  • May 4, 2022
  • Littler Executive Employer Conference

Littler’s Annual Report on the EEOC: Looking Back at FY 2021 Developments and Looking Forward at the Commission’s Plans for FY 2022

  • April 27, 2022
  • Littler Webinar

2021 Ohio Virtual Regional Employer Conference

  • October 14, 2021
  • Littler Virtual Conference

Denver Compliance Coffee Talk Webinar: Getting DE&I Right

  • September 1, 2021
  • Littler Webinar

Is Your Company Ready for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion?

  • July 28, 2021
  • Littler Webinar

Is Your Company Ready for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion?

  • July 28, 2021
  • Littler Webinar

Moving Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Programs Forward - Part 2: A DE&I Training Session - Fostering a Diverse, Inclusive and Respectful Culture

  • June 17, 2021
  • Littler Webinar

Moving Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Programs Forward - Part 1

  • April 27, 2021
  • Littler Webinar

Equal Justice and the Law: Diversity & Inclusion and Equal Pay Initiatives in the Workplace

  • December 4, 2020
  • Littler Webinar

Moving Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs Forward

  • November 10, 2020
  • Littler Webinar

COVID-19 in the Workplace: Recent Developments and Compliance Challenges - Session Seven

  • November 6, 2020
  • Littler Webinar

Oregon Employer Update: New OR-OSHA Rules, New Paid Leave, and More

  • October 23, 2020
  • Littler Webinar

2020 Legal Update

  • February 18, 2020
  • Seattle, Washington
  • Littler Live Event

#NotYouToo: How to Conduct Legal Investigations in the Aftermath of #MeToo

  • October 15, 2019
  • Webinar

Navigating Transgender Issues in the Workplace: What Employers Should Know

  • June 21, 2018
  • Charleston, West Virginia
  • Littler Live Event

A New Bermuda Triangle: Substance Abuse, Testing Policies and Medical Marijuana

  • April 26, 2018
  • WV Chamber of Commerce HR Conference

Additional Thought Leadership

The Supreme Court Speaks on Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements

  • November 2014
  • The Young Lawyer
  • Young Lawyers Division - American Bar Association

NLRB Outlines Social Media Policies Dos and Don’ts

  • May 2013
  • The Young Lawyer
  • Vol 17, No. 7

When Johnny and Joanie Come Marching Home Again: Recent Developments in USERRA

  • 2009
  • Conference Materials
  • Annual Conference, Section of Labor & Employment Law - American Bar Association

Books & Book Chapters

Family & Medical Leave Act

  • Bloomberg BNA
  • Chapter 3, Eligibility of Employees for Leave, 2013 Supplement, Contributing Author: Eric Iskra

Employment Discrimination Law

  • Bloomberg BNA
  • Chapter 5, Failure to Provide a Reasonable Accommodation, 2014 Supplement, 5th Ed., Chapter Associate Editor

Trade Secret Laws: State Q& A Tool

  • Practical Law
  • West Virginia, Chapter Co-Author: Eric W. Iskra, Esq.
  • ABA FMLA Treatise
  • Chapter 3, Contributing Author
  • 2017

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