Deepa Ajit Kulkarni
Ms. Kulkarni began her employment career in Human Resources (HR) after obtaining her Master’s degree in Labor and Industrial Relations from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is also certified as a Senior Professional of Human Resources (SPHR). Ms. Kulkarni spent more than a decade performing a variety of HR functions for various size companies, before deciding to go to law school. She obtained her law degree with distinction from the McGeorge School of Law, University of Pacific where she was a member of the Roger J. Traynor Honors Society.
At Kulkarni Legal Services, Ms. Kulkarni provides advice and counsel to employers across a broad spectrum of employment law and human resources matters. She also has an estate planning practice that focuses on preparing estate plans for individuals, couples, and families, in addition to probate and trust administration.
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- California
- English: Spoken, Written
- Hindi: Spoken, Written
- Marathi: Spoken, Written
- McGeorge School of Law (University of Pacific)
- J.D. (2012)
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- Honors: Roger J. Traynor Honors Society Moot Court Honors Board Dean’s Honor List Witkin Award for Academic Excellence: Business Associations Academic Achievement Scholarship Marc and Mona Roberts Labor Law Scholarship Dean’s Scholarship and Honors at Entrance Scholarship
- Activities: President and Founder: McGeorge Employment and Labor Law Society
- University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
- M.A. (1995) | Labor and Industrial Relations
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- Osmania University
- B. Com (1991)
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- State Bar of California, Labor and Employment Section
- Current
- State Bar Of California, Trusts And Estates Section
- Current
- Yolo County Bar Association
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- Sacramento County Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section
- Current
- Sacramento County Bar Association, Probate and Estate Planning Section
- Current
- Senior Professional of Human Resources (SPHR)
- Human Resources Certification Institute
- SHRM SENIOR CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL (SHRM-SCP)
- Society for Human Resources Management