Sheila A. Khan-Variba

Sheila A. Khan-Variba represents employers in state and federal court and agency proceedings. She also advises clients on various employment law issues, including wage and hour, hiring, personnel policies, discipline and termination. Ms. Khan-Variba has conducted numerous trainings for management and staff on the prevention of unlawful harassment, discrimination and retaliation in the workplace, among other topics.

Ms. Khan-Variba began her legal career as an Associate in the employment litigation practice group of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Palo Alto, California. After nearly three-years, she joined Fox Entertainment Group, Inc. as Employment Litigation Counsel. She represented numerous Fox-related entities in litigation and various agency proceedings. She actively litigated her own cases, managed outside counsel, monitored investigations and responded to employee complaints.

While earning her B.A. in Rhetoric from UC Berkeley, Ms. Khan-Variba was a volunteer income tax assistant with the IRS and served as Director and Tax Coordinator of Cal’s Student Legal Clinic.

Ms. Khan-Variba received her law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2001. At Penn, she was active in the Black Law Student Association and served as Vice Chair of the Sadie T.M. Alexander Conference, commemorating the achievements of the first African American female graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She also volunteered with the Philadelphia Unemployment Compensation Project, where she represented indigent clients in appeal hearings concerning the denial of unemployment compensation benefits.

Ms. Khan-Variba has served as a contributing editor to The Rutter Group California Practice Guide on Employment Litigation and is co-author of Challenging Barriers (Los Angeles Lawyer, Nov. 2005), addressing issues relating to state and federal disability discrimination laws. Ms. Khan-Variba received the Outstanding Volunteer Service Award from the San Francisco Bar in 2003. She is a member of the California Bar Association, the National Employment Law Council, the Black Women Lawyers Association and Los Angeles County Bar Association.

Sheila A. Khan-Variba
khan-variba@sanchez-amador.com