Professional Info

 

Ms. Reynolds uses her legal acumen to advise and represent predominantly private sector employees and employers in all areas of employment/labor law compliance and litigation, including discrimination; harassment; leave laws; retaliation; wage and hour violations, including the Private Attorney General Act (PAGA); misclassified independent contractors; employees misclassified as exempt from overtime and meal/rest break laws; Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notices; wrongful termination; and unfair competition. Ms. Reynolds also advises and represents clients with any unemployment/payroll tax law issue, including Employment Development Department (EDD) tax audits, unemployment insurance and state disability income (SDI) appeals before the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board (CUIAB), and administrative writ(s) of mandate opposing California’s Attorney General Office. Ms. Reynolds represents employees and employers through arbitration, mediation, pre-litigation negotiations including demand letters, reinstatement, settlement, severance, bench trial(s) and appeal(s). Additionally, Ms. Reynolds counsels employer clients through all stages of the employment relationship, from hiring to firing, layoff or quit, including through discipline to separation, and compliance throughout. Ms. Reynolds advises her clients in effort to retain good employees and avoid legal claims. However, when the inevitable charge or complaint is filed, Ms. Reynolds either zealously, yet effectively, defends employers, from the initial filing through resolution, or Ms. Reynolds files complaints against offending employers to make her employee clients whole. In addition to representing clients in small claims appeals to unlimited and complex civil litigation, Ms. Reynolds also represents clients before such agencies as the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), Department of Industrial Relations Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DIR-DLSE) i.e. Labor Commission, Department of Labor (DOL), Employment Development Department (EDD), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA).

Legal Work Experience

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• THE Legal Advocate, Founding Employment Law Attorney, 2013 to Present

• Non-Attorney Representative for CUIAB appeals to reverse the EDD, 2011-2012

• Law Clerk, Whittier Law School Children’s Rights Clinic, 2010-2011

• Law & Motion/Research Law Clerk, CA Superior Court, Central Justice Center, 2009

• Law Clerk to the Honorable Judge John Flynn III, 2009

Formal Education

 

Ms. Reynolds earned her bachelor’s degree in Political Science – Pre-Law from the University of California, Irvine and earned Dean’s List recognition during her tenure there. While working as Operations Manager for a financial, securities, and insurance corporation in Orange, California, Ms. Reynolds earned her Juris Doctor and Business Law Concentration certificate from Whittier Law School (WLS) after being admitted with a significant Dean’s Merit Scholarship. She served as 3L Representative of WLS’s student bar association and was one of only two students to represent WLS in an American Bar Association (ABA) Client Counseling Competition.

Award(s) / Certificate(s) / Recognition(s)

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• Rated as “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers, 2020-2021

• Rated as “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers, 2019-2020

• Rated as “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers, 2018-2019

• Rated as “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers, 2017-2018

• Certificate of Appreciation for her volunteerism, OCBA 2013-2019

• Business Law Concentration certificate, Whittier Law School 2011

• Client Counseling Competitor, American Bar Association 2011

• Dean’s List, Whittier Law School 2010

Litigation Skills

 

Legal Research

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Draft and File PAGA Notice(s)

 

Draft Complex Civil Complaints

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Draft Unlimited Civil Complaints

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Respond (Answer, Demur, Generally Deny, Motion to Quash Service of Summons, Motion to Change Venue or Transfer, Motion to Strike) to Complaints

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Case Management Conference(s) and Statement(s)

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Propound and Respond to Discovery (Form Interrogatories, Special Interrogatories, Requests for Admission(s), Requests for Production of Documents, Subpoenas)

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Notice, Conduct and Defend Depositions

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Law & Motion (Motions to Compel, Motions for Protective Order, Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings, Motion for Summary Adjudication/Judgment)

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CCP Section 998 Offer(s)

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Hearings and Trials

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Small Claims Appeals

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Administrative Hearings and Appeals

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Administrative Writs of Mandamus

Consultative Skills

 

Draft or Review and Revise

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          Employee Contracts/Offer Letters

         

          Employee Handbooks 

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          Employment Policies

 

          Hire and Fire Documents

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          Injury and Illness Prevention Plan

 

          Severance Agreements

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          WARN Notices

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Leave Laws (ADA, FEHA, CFLA, FMLA, Military, Pregnancy, etc.)

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Required Posted Notices

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Sexual Harassment/Anti-Bullying Training

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2010 - present

2010 - present