Employment-law judgment informed by workplace reality.
SEA provides practical employment-law advice grounded not only in what the law requires, but in how organizations actually operate.
From everyday management questions to complex workplace concerns, SEA helps leaders understand risk, evaluate options and make informed decisions.
SEA can work independently or alongside an organization's existing employment counsel and HR team.
SEA responds within two business days: Monday to Friday, excluding federal holidays.
How SEA helps
Advice grounded in the way your business works
Workplace decisions
Work through performance concerns, discipline, termination and responses to employee complaints before deciding how to proceed.
Policies and practices
Review handbooks, wage and hour practices, worker classification and the policies your managers rely on.
Leave and accommodation
Understand the questions to address, the records to keep and the conversations to have when an employee needs leave or an accommodation.
Monthly attorney retainer
An attorney to call when it matters.
Reserve Tamara's availability as your on-call employment attorney for urgent advice, priority investigation scheduling, and monitoring whether workplace changes are working.
On-call employment advice
An ongoing relationship with Tamara, so you know whom to call when a workplace decision needs prompt legal input.
Priority investigations
Priority scheduling when an investigation is needed, subject to conflicts, independence and the agreed scope.
Monitoring and follow-up
Practical ways to determine whether changes were implemented, sustained and effective, and to identify emerging risk before it becomes a larger problem.
Availability, response arrangements, and the scope and fees for legal advice, investigation or monitoring work are agreed in writing.
Discuss a monthly retainer
Working together
Start with the question in front of you
The first conversation establishes what you need, which jurisdictions are involved and whether SEA can help. After a conflicts check, the work and terms are agreed in writing.
You work with Tamara to understand the relevant facts and consider the legal and practical issues. The scope may be a specific decision, a document review or a defined advisory matter.
Tamara is licensed to practice law in California. Legal advice and representation are limited to matters and jurisdictions in which she is authorized to practice. SEA confirms that fit before accepting an engagement.
Your advisor
Employment law experience, in-house and in practice
Tamara Keller, Esq.
Founder & Principal · J.D., UC Berkeley · CFE · SPHR · GPHR
Tamara has served as primary employment counsel to a global medical device company and practiced defense-side labor and employment litigation in San Diego.
Tamara Keller is an employment lawyer, workplace-investigations leader and compliance advisor with more than two decades of experience helping organizations navigate complex workplace issues and employment risk.
Work through your next decision
Tell SEA about the general employment law question and where your employees work. Please save confidential details until an engagement is confirmed.
SEA responds within two business days: Monday to Friday, excluding federal holidays.