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Palo Alto Employment Law: Employee/Plaintiff Law Firm
Overview
Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, LLP, has an office in Palo Alto, California, along with seven others across the country, making us one of the most prominent and successful full-service employment law firms in the nation. Serving C-level executives, business managers, hourly employees and others, we have achieved remarkable success helping our clients obtain the favorable outcomes they seek for their complex legal challenges involving any of the following:
- Discrimination
- Harassment
- Whistleblower and qui tam claims
- Wage and overtime disputes
- Financial & 401(k) Mismanagement
- Sexual violence, Title IX, and victim’s rights
- Asian American litigation and finance
- General public interest litigation
- Appeals
Since first opening our doors, our law firm has recovered substantial settlements and verdicts for our plaintiff clients, including a $253 million class action settlement against a major pharmaceutical company and a settlement of more than $762 million in a whistleblower case.
From our success, The American Lawyer has recognized us for having obtained the largest verdict ever awarded for a class action involving employment discrimination. Additionally, our lawyers have earned consistent top rankings and endorsements from our peers as being among the best employment lawyers in the country.
Devoted to superior client service, we promise to do all we can to help you obtain the positive results you seek efficiently and cost-effectively. As evidence of our diligent and dedicated efforts to those we serve, our law firm has received countless testimonials and referrals from our satisfied clients.
To schedule a free consultation concerning your legal matter, please complete the email form on this page or the contact form on our website. In addition to Palo Alto, we have law offices in New York, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, San Diego and Nashville. We also offer virtual consultations to help keep you safe and healthy.
About Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, LLP
Practice Areas
- Employment Law: Employee/Plaintiff
- Discrimination
- Age Discrimination
- Gender Discrimination
- Race Discrimination
- Pregnancy Discrimination
- Religious Discrimination
- National Origin Discrimination
- Sexual Orientation Discrimination
- Sexual Harassment
- Wage & Hour Law
- Wrongful Termination
- Retaliation
- Whistleblower/Qui Tam
- Employment Litigation
- Civil Litigation
- Class Action Litigation
- Civil Rights
- Workers' Rights
- Women's Rights
- Human Rights
- Immigration Rights
- Sex Abuse-Plaintiff
- Title IX Matters
- Sexual Assault-Plaintiff
- Public Interest Litigation
- Financial Services Litigation
- Securities Fraud-Plaintiff
- Financial Fraud-Plaintiff
- Financial Mismanagement-Plaintiff
- ERISA & 401(k) Matters
Previous Law Firm Name
- Sanford, Wittels & Heisler, LLP
People
Attorneys
- Maureen Slack (Associate)
- Felicia Gilbert (Palo Alto and San Francisco Partner)
- Jing He (Deborah Rhode Civil Rights Fellow)
- Catherine Seita (Deborah Rhode Civil Rights Fellow)
- Janette L Wipper (Partner and Firmwide Head of Litigation)
- Qiaojing Ella Zheng (Managing Partner of the Palo Alto and San Francisco Offices)
- Amruta Trivedi (Associate)
Staff
- Alec Konstantin, Chief Operations Officer
- Michael Greene, Chief Financial Officer
- Lori Awes, Chief Marketing Officer
- Khali Jones, Director of HR
- Erika Rigsby, Director of Talent & Development
- Paul Brownfield, Media and Financial Services Litigation Specialist
Office Information
Address
300 Hamilton AvenueSuite 500 Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone
Offers Free Initial Consultation
Yes
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Office Hours
8:30am to 5:30pm, M-F
Websites
Other Offices
Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, LLP (Main Office) 17 State Street Suite 3700 New York, NY 10004 646-512-8609
Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, LLP 7911 Herschel Avenue Suite 300 La Jolla, CA 92037 619-369-4523
Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, LLP 50 California Street Suite 1538 San Francisco, CA 94111 415-422-9292
Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, LLP 700 Pennsylvania Avenue SE Suite 300 Washington, DC 20003 202-221-4003
Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, LLP 611 Commerce Street Suite 3100 Nashville, TN 37203 615-245-6960
Achievements
Lawyers at Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, LLP selected for a Super Lawyers® list
- Zheng, Qiaojing Ella On a Super Lawyers® List
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