

Managing Partner
Carrie E. Bushman
Managing Partner
Carrie is tenacious, energetic, and effective in the protection of employer and management rights and interests.
In her labor and employment law practice, she is particularly known for her work in prevailing wage and apprenticeship law, traditional labor law, labor arbitration, wage and hour law, wrongful termination, sexual harassment prevention training, and other employment discrimination matters. She also advises employers on a variety of personnel matters, including family and medical leave issues, disability accommodation, employee handbooks, background checks, drug testing, discipline, and terminations.
Prior to joining Cook Brown, Carrie worked for an employee benefits and labor law firm in San Francisco and for the United States Department of Labor. She also interned for the Employment Law Center in San Francisco. She teaches a labor relations class in the Construction Management Program at California State University, Sacramento.
Carrie graduated cum laude from the University of San Francisco School of Law, where she was a staff member of the USF Law Review and received the American Jurisprudence Award for Community Property. She graduated magna cum laude from the California State University, Sacramento, as an undergraduate.
She is licensed to practice before all California state courts and the Northern, Eastern, and Central Federal district courts of California.
Results
Won appeal of writ action involving merit shop apprenticeship program expansion.
Defeated class certification of meal and rest period and overtime claims.
Publishing
PAGA Exemption for Unionized Construction Industry Employers Extended to 2038
DOL Issues Guidance Regarding FMLA Leave and Holidays Just in Time for Summer
Employers, Don’t Give Your Employees Grief Over Taking Bereavement Leave
2019 Brings New Penalties for Skilled & Trained Workforce Violations
Governor Brown Signs Bill Requiring Contractors to Pay Apprentices for Pre-Employment Processes
Why All Employers Need to Start Paying Attention to the NLRB
Employee Rights Under the NLRA: Most Federal Contractors/Subcontracts Must Post Notice
Speaking
2025: Skilled and Trained Workforce Webinar with ABC Northern California on Aug 28 2025
2025: Prevailing Wage Law Seminar with Sacramento Regional Builders Exchange on Aug 27 2025
Federal Prevailing Wage and Skilled and Trained Workforce Requirements Webinar on Jul 30 2025
California Prevailing Wage Compliance Webinar on Jul 23 2025
Prevailing Wage Webinar with ABC Southern California on Jul 16 2025
Prevailing Wage and Skilled and Trained Workforce Webinar with the Western Electrical Contractors Association on Jun 17 2025
Prevailing Wage and Skilled Trained Workforce Webinar with Central California Builders Exchange on Jun 10 2025
Skilled and Trained Workforce Webinar with ABC Southern California on May 21 2025
2025: Prevailing Wage Webinar with ABC Northern California on May 13 2025
2024: Prevailing Wage Law Seminar on Oct 29 2024
2024: Prevailing Wage Law Seminar on Jul 17 2024
2023: Prevailing Wage Law Seminar on Nov 1 2023
Federal (Davis Bacon) Prevailing Wage Compliance Webinar on Dec 7 2022
Skilled & Trained Workforce Webinar with WECA – Part 2: Skilled and Trained Workforce on Nov 17 2022
Skilled & Trained Workforce Webinar with WECA – Part 1: Prevailing Wage on Nov 10 2022
California Prevailing Wage Compliance Webinar on Nov 2 2022
Skilled and Trained Workforce Webinar with ABC Northern California on Sep 20 2022
2025: Prevailing Wage Webinar with ABC Northern California on Jun 7 2022
Skilled & Trained Workforce Webinar with WECA on Dec 14 2021
Skilled and Trained Workforce Webinar with ABC Northern California on Oct 20 2021
Prevailing Wage Webinar with ABC Northern California on Oct 13 2021
Prevailing Wage Webinar with ABC SoCal on Sep 23 2021
Skilled & Trained Workforce Webinar with ABC NorCal on Jun 30 2021
Prevailing Wage Webinar with ABC NorCal on Jun 23 2021
Prevailing Wage + Skilled & Trained Workforce Webinars with ABC NorCal on Nov 10 2020
California Prevailing Wage Law Compliance Webinar with PHCC of California on Sep 23 2020
Prevailing Wage Law at Associated Builders and Contractors on Sep 11 2019
California Prevailing Wage Law at Valley Contractors Exchange on Jul 18 2019
Stay Up to Date On Prevailing Wage Law at PHCC on May 31 2019
Prevailing Wage Law at Sacramento Regional Builders Exchange on Nov 14 2018
Prevailing Wage – The Top 10 “Need to Knows” on Oct 24 2018
Prevailing Wage Law at Valley Contractors Exchange on Oct 11 2018
ABC Webinar: AB 1701 and Contractor Liability on Dec 5 2017
Avoiding Litigation in the Hiring Process: ABC Webinar on Nov 9 2017
Questions And Challenges Of 2017: Prevailing Wage, Legalized Marijuana, and More on Sep 22 2017
California and Davis Bacon Prevailing Wage Review on Sep 7 2017
California Prevailing Wage Law: What’s New and What Every Contractor Needs to Know on Aug 30 2017
Prevailing Wage at North Coast Builders Exchange – Santa Rosa on Mar 16 2017
Prevailing Wage Update at the Valley Contractors Association on Jan 12 2017
Prevailing Wage Law at the Valley Contractors Exchange on Sep 22 2016
Prevailing Wage Law Seminar at Stockton Builders Exchange on Aug 17 2016
Fundamentals of Workplace Arbitration on Jul 21 2022
California Prevailing Wage Law Review | Annually presented at California builders exchanges and trade organizations throughout the state, including the Sacramento Regional Builders Exchange, Valley Contractors Exchange, Stockton Builders Exchange, North State Builders Exchange, North Coast Builders Exchange, Western Electrical Contractors Association, Inc., and the Plumbing, Heating & Cooling Contractors Association of California.
Other available presentations include:California Wage and Hour Law
A Manager’s Guide to Union Organizing
Wage and Hour Update: What’s for Lunch?
Five Mistakes to Avoid When Administering Leaves of Absence
Community
National Association of Women in Construction, Sacramento Chapter, Board of Directors
Past Director, Rebuilding Together, Sacramento Chapter
Soroptimist International of Greater Sacramento (2000-2007)
