Balancing Inclusion and Compliance

Nikki is a skilled trial lawyer who focuses on complex employment disputes, including nationwide class actions and multi-plaintiff discrimination lawsuits.

She is Managing Partner of the Kansas City office and serves on the firm’s Executive Committee and Strategic Growth Committee.

Nikki represents regional and national employers, ranging from small businesses to international companies. They operate across numerous sectors, including retail, manufacturing, customer service, transportation, government contractors, sports teams and insurance carriers. She has also served as trial monitoring counsel for insurance carriers, providing real-time updates and evaluations as the trial unfolds.

Katie Oertli Mooney is a Managing Director at Seramount. She is an accomplished DEI leader and thought partner with expertise in driving strategy and growth of diversity and inclusion change management, planning and programs. Prior to joining Seramount, she was responsible for overseeing the client delivery, staffing, operations and growth as Vice President of Jennifer Brown Consulting. She was accountable for the firm’s successful consulting project delivery to clients from the Fortune 1000, government agencies, startups, to nonprofits.

Prior to that, she managed the DEI enterprise learning and development strategy at Capital One specializing in differential investment programming to support historically underrepresented talent and communities of color. She is currently on the Board of Directors for the GSBA; the largest LGBTQ and allied chamber of commerce in North America and is supporting the organization in 2020, by advancing diversity, equity and inclusion for the Board of Directors, for the benefit of GSBA staff, members, partners and the LGBTQ+ and allied community of Washington State. Katie has a Master’s degree in Human Resource Management with a concentration on Diversity and Inclusion Management from Georgetown University. She is based in Seattle, WA.