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Shareholder
Areas of Practice
Ms. Wasserman is chair of the firm's Retail Industry
Trade Regulation and
Employment Law Practice Groups.
Professional Qualifications
Ms. Wasserman litigates employment cases for management.
She also advises employers on internal investigations
and policy regarding employee complaints and personnel
matters. Her employment law practice emphasizes
wrongful termination and discrimination, including
sexual harassment and age, race and sex discrimination.
She has successfully represented major retailers
and other large companies in individual and class
action cases alleging hostile work environment,
disparate treatment and disparate impact.
In addition to employment cases, Ms. Wasserman
regularly advises retail clients on regulatory
and business practices matters. She has litigated
cases involving unfair business practices, false
advertising, unfair competition, violation of
state and federal regulations, and vendor contract
disputes. She regularly represents national clients
in both the application and litigation of Proposition
65 laws, state antitrust and unfair competition
laws, alcohol beverage laws and federal and state
disabled access laws (ADA and Unruh Act).
Ms. Wasserman practices in both state and federal
courts and has argued before the California Courts
of Appeal and the California Supreme Court. She
is an associate member of the California Grocers
Association and California Retailers Association
and has taught trial advocacy skills as a faculty
member of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy.
Education
J.D., McGeorge School of Law,
University of the Pacific, 1982
B.A., San Diego State University,
1972
With distinction in Psychology
Bar Admissions
California - 1983
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