Larissa Whittingham is Of Counsel at Kutak Rock, where she provides advice and counsel to employers and represents companies in litigation and arbitration matters of all types. Larissa has significant experience advising management on compliance with employment laws, such as engaging in the interactive process in response to employees’ complex accommodation requests, responding to reports of discrimination or harassment, and managing multi-state leave of absence obligations. Larissa also has experience representing clients from initiation of a lawsuit through verdict in cases in federal and state court in commercial litigation matters. She is licensed in Arkansas, Missouri, and Massachusetts.

Larissa earned her J.D. from Boston College Law School and has worked as in-house counsel to a Fortune 500 company, as a Vice President at a national trade association, and at the world’s largest management-side labor and employment boutique law firm. She serves on the Board of Directors for Arkansas Early Learning and enjoys hiking and trying new restaurants with her husband and three children.