Frances Rogers provides representation and legal counsel to clients in all matters pertaining to labor, employment and education law. Frances has extensive litigation, arbitration, and administrative hearing related experience, including deposition and discovery, settlement, court proceedings and advocacy before State and local administrative officers and tribunals. Frances is experienced in conducting and assisting with investigations pertaining to harassment, discrimination, internal affairs and other employee misconduct. Frances also advises public agencies on retirement issues, including local safety disability retirement and compliance with other state and federal employment laws.
Frances has represented and advised community college districts and school districts in several areas including student discipline, campus safety and police, teacher/faculty/classified discipline, reduction-in-force, merit system, hiring, leaves, and Brown Act. In 2008, Frances served as Interim General Counsel for a California community college district. In 2009 and 2010, Frances was chosen as a Northern California Rising Star in the field of Employment & Labor Law.
Frances is also a contributing author to the firm's California Public Agency Labor & Employment Blog.
Prior to joining Liebert Cassidy Whitmore Frances worked for a Central Valley firm handling a variety of civil litigation.
Awards
Selected for inclusion in Northern California Rising Star in the field of Employment & Labor Law, 2010
Selected for inclusion in Northern California Rising Star in the field of Employment & Labor Law, 2009