THE INVESTIGATION FIRM LLP

Counsel

Investigators & attorneys.

Shauna R. Amon

FOUNDER AND MANAGING PARTNER

Shauna R. Amon

Shauna.Amon@TIFlaw.com

Shauna Amon is the founder and managing partner of The Investigation Firm LLP. As an experienced investigator with over 100+ investigations, Shauna has conducted numerous investigations on a wide range of claims including allegations of workplace misconduct, discrimination, harassment, bullying and retaliation. She’s particularly skilled at all stages of Title IX investigations and proceedings and is a certified investigator through the Association of Workplace Investigators and the Association of Title IX Administrators. Her experience with educational institutions extends to advising K-12 districts, community colleges, and higher education clients on a variety of personnel and general education issues, including certificated and classified discipline and dismissal as well as workplace and student investigations. Previously, Shauna was a principal in the San Diego, California office of Jackson Lewis P.C., where she advised clients across the spectrum of labor and employment law in the areas of harassment, discrimination, and retaliation; the interactive process and reasonable accommodations; medical leaves, disciplinary actions, and wage laws. She successfully helped her clients in numerous arbitrations, including grievance arbitrations, and various administrative appeals before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Civil Rights Department, and Division of Labor Standards and Enforcement. Shauna was also a partner at Best, Best & Krieger LLP, where she began her career. Shauna worked at BBK for over ten years where she honed her skills in labor and employment law. Shauna, among other things, advised clients in areas of collective bargaining and served as lead negotiator in numerous labor negotiations. Shauna helped her clients navigate administrative proceedings, including successfully defending unfair labor practice charges before the Public Employment Relations Board. Maintaining true to her focus on risk avoidance for clients, Shauna speaks to organizations and provides training for clients on harassment avoidance and personnel management. Outside of the office, Shauna can regularly be seen driving her golf cart around Coronado with her husband and two sons, Santiago and Story.

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Kristin Allen

ATTORNEY INVESTIGATOR

Kristin Allen

Kristin.Allen@TIFlaw.com

Kristin has extensive experience conducting and assisting with impartial workplace investigations. Her work experience includes allegations involving harassment, discrimination, retaliation, bullying or abusive conduct, workplace misconduct, performance concerns, violations of workplace policies and safety standards, and complex matters within higher education institutions, including Title IX complaints. Kristin also has experience conducting investigations pursuant to the Public Safety Officers’ and Firefighters’ Procedural Bill of Rights Acts. Kristin approaches all investigations with neutrality, discretion, and respect for all parties involved. Prior to joining The Investigation Firm LLP, Kristin served as an Attorney Investigator at Van Dermyden Makus, where she conducted several investigations, including allegations of harassment, discrimination, retaliation and workplace misconduct. To start her career, Kristin served as an Associate at Best Best & Krieger LLP, where she advised and represented both public and private entities across a wide range of employment and labor matters. In this role, she provided objective, strategic guidance to employers on compliance with state and federal employment laws, including those governing discrimination, harassment, wage and hour disputes, medical leave, disability accommodation, and workplace safety while also conducting workplace investigations for various public entities, non-profit organizations, and educational institutes. As a law student, Kristin externed for the Federal Court of International Trade in New York City, where she drafted objective legal memoranda and court opinions addressing Ninth Circuit cases, federal court procedures, and appellate litigation. She also served as a Clinical Law Student in the Rutgers Law School’s Education and Health Law Clinic, providing advocacy and support.

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