Charika Marcus, Esq. is an Employment Law Attorney with a decade of experience advising organizations on the full spectrum of the employment relationship. She currently serves as Legal Counsel, Employment at Prime Therapeutics, where she acts as the sole employment law advisor to a 7,000-employee, nationwide workforce. In this role, Charika partners with executive leadership and HR teams to provide day-to-day guidance on hiring, performance management, accommodations, leaves, terminations, and litigation strategy. She also advises on workplace investigations, develops and implements employment policies, and manages complex disputes, including EEOC claims, wage-and-hour matters, and restrictive covenant litigation.

Prior to Prime Therapeutics, Charika served as Employment Counsel at Children’s National Medical Center, where she was the organization’s sole employment law attorney, counseling leadership and HR on compliance, litigation, and labor relations for its 5,000-employee workforce.

Charika has published on employee safety and frequently speaks on employment law, compliance, and workplace risk management. She is admitted to practice law in Louisiana and the District of Columbia and is a member of the American Bar Association and the National Employment Law Council.