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Kathryn Siegel is a shareholder and executive director of Littler’s Labor Practice Group, where she helps lead the firm’s national labor strategy while continuing to advise employers in matters of employment law and labor relations.

As executive director, Kathryn oversees the strategic planning, practice operations, talent development, and delivery of labor-focused legal services across Littler’s national platform. She works closely with practice leadership to evolve how labor services are delivered, align labor strategy with client business objectives, and ensure the firm remains at the forefront of complex and emerging labor issues.

Kathryn advises employers on the full spectrum of labor law matters and labor relations strategy, including collective bargaining, labor-management relations, union organizing campaigns, unfair labor practice proceedings, and labor arbitration.

She regularly partners with senior executives, in-house legal leaders, and human resources leadership to address complex labor challenges and counsels on high-stakes labor issues. Her strategic guidance helps employers navigate labor risk and workforce strategy in a rapidly evolving labor environment.

Kathryn also serves as a strategic advisor for employers on employment law matters at the intersection of labor relations, including issues arising under Title VII, the ADA, the ADEA, the FMLA, and comparable state and local laws, particularly where those issues impact collective bargaining relationships or workforce strategy.

She is actively involved in shaping labor law policy and best practices at the national level, including as a long-standing member and recent management co-chair of the American Bar Association’s Committee on Practice and Procedure Under the National Labor Relations Act. Kathryn also regularly speaks and writes on significant labor law developments impacting employers nationwide.

In law school, Kathryn was founder of the Vanderbilt Labor and Employment Law Society.

RyAnn M. Hooper has two decades of experience advising clients on labor relations, employment and workforce strategy across public and private sectors, including 10 years at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). 

Prior to joining Littler, RyAnn led a Fortune 100 company’s global employment law function, overseeing employment litigation strategy and advising on a range of workplace risks, employment matters and corporate governance issues. Well-versed in new workplace technologies, she helped to design and implement artificial intelligence (AI) tools while ensuring legal defensibility, fairness and alignment with evolving regulatory frameworks. Her work included advising on complex employment counseling matters, executive-level decision-making and the legal implications of emerging technology impacting the work. 

During her time at the NLRB, RyAnn served as board counsel and later as a senior trial attorney, where she prosecuted complex labor disputes and acted as lead counsel on several precedent-setting cases. 

She also worked in private practice advising employers on a range of labor relations matters, including collective bargaining negotiations, union organizing campaigns, NLRB elections and labor litigation.