Denise M. Visconti

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.