Julie L. Strom provides representation and legal counsel to Liebert Cassidy Whitmore clients out of our Los Angeles office in matters pertaining to education, employment and labor law.
Julie works extensively with LCW's private school clients on a wide range of matters, including enrollment agreements, employment contracts, Board and governance matters, investigations, tuition disputes, employee and student/parent handbooks, disciplinary issues, mandated reporting, terminations and severance agreements. Julie also trains on subjects such as mandatory reporting, harassment, employee evaluations, personal boundaries, family conflicts, and international travel.
Julie is an experienced investigator and conducts employment-related investigations for both private and non-profit organizations as well as public agencies. She has conducted investigations on allegations of harassment, as well as other employee and student misconduct.
Prior to joining LCW, Julie's practice focused on in-house non-profit corporate law where she was counsel for the ACLU national office. This background in tax-exempt law helps Julie assist LCW's non-profit private school clients with governance issues, as well as advising them regarding political activity such as lobbying and electioneering. Julie also has experience working in the employment law arena, providing counseling and representing management in a wide range of employment matters.
In addition to her law degree, Julie holds a LLM in Dispute Resolution from the Straus Institute, Pepperdine School of Law in Malibu, California. During her program she completed externships at the EEOC Mediation Program and the UCLA Office of Ombuds Services.
JD, Harvard Law School
LLM, Straus Institute, Pepperdine School of Law
BA, Brown University
LITIGATION
Christopher Crispo v. City of Santa Fe Springs, et al (2012) - Retired Fire Department Division Chief filed suit against City of Santa Fe Springs claiming he was a member of the Fire Fighters bargaining unit and therefore entitled to pay increases which negotiated between IAFF and the City. Our attorneys successfully showed that the 2007-2010 and 2011-2012 memoranda of understanding did not include his classification among those to which the MOUs applied and that a 1987 memo from the then City Manager on which the retiree based his claim actually supported the City's position and not his.
JD, Harvard Law School
LLM, Straus Institute, Pepperdine School of Law
BA, Brown University
JD, Harvard Law School
LLM, Straus Institute, Pepperdine School of Law
BA, Brown University
JD, Harvard Law School
LLM, Straus Institute, Pepperdine School of Law
BA, Brown University