Melissa Tara Daugherty is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Lewis Brisbois, vice-chair of the Labor & Employment Practice, and chair of the ADA Compliance & Defense Practice. Her practice focuses on :
- Wrongful Termination and Retaliatory Discharge
- Employment Discrimination and Harassment (Including Sexual Harassment Prevention Training)
- Americans with Disabilities Act, The Disabled Persons Act and the Unruh Civil Rights Act
- State and Federal Wage and Hour Disputes (including class actions)
- Family Medical Leave Act and California Family Rights Act (“FMLA” and “CFRA”)
Ms. Daugherty has extensive experience in providing employment counseling to clients, including policy and handbook drafting, employment practices audits and seminar presentations. She routinely provides AB1825 Sexual Harassment Prevention Training to numerous clients throughout the country. She has special expertise in Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act and litigation involving the Unruh Civil Rights Act. She has created an extensive database, tracking developments in this area of law and documenting historical settlement value based on a number of factors. Ms. Daugherty also provides seminars on Title II and III of the ADA and related state law.
Education :
- Loyola Law School, Juris Doctor
- University of California at Santa Barbara, Bachelor of Arts, cum laude
Admissions :
- State Bar Admissions, California
- United States Courts of Appeals & Supreme Court, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- United States District Courts
- United States District Court for the Central District of California
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
- United States District Court for the Northern District of California
- United States District Court for the Southern District of California
Cost
Rate : $$$