Our People

Matthew advises and represents clients in all aspects of labor, employment and education law.

For more than 25 years, Cynthia has provided practical legal advice to public sector employers on such topics as: the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Public Safety Officers' and Firefighters' Procedural Bill of Rights Acts, municipal personnel practices and employee discipline, accommodation of employees with disabilities, and the prevention of sexual harassment.

Megan Pham is an Associate in Liebert Cassidy Whitmore’s San Francisco office where she provides representation and counsel to clients in all matters pertaining to labor, employment, and education law.

Isabella Reyes is an Associate in Liebert Cassidy Whitmore’s San Francisco Office where she provides representation and counsel to clients in matters pertaining to employment law and litigation. Isabella assists counties, cities, and public education clients in a full array of employment matters, discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims under Title VII, Title IX, the ADA, FEHA, and various federal and state statutes.

Anthony is an Associate in Liebert Cassidy Whitmore’s San Francisco office where he provides representation and counsel to clients in all matters pertaining to labor, employment, and education law, with a particular focus on public safety. He has experience with all aspects of litigation, including participation in mediation, taking and defending depositions, and all manners of legal drafting, including discovery, initial pleadings, dispositive motions, and comprehensive trial briefs.

Partner Laura Schulkind leads the firm’s Public Education Practice Group. With over 30 years of experience, Laura is a sought-after education-law expert in a wide range of areas that confront California’s public school and community college districts. Her areas of expertise include district governance and board efficacy; ethics and conflicts of interest; government transparency under the Brown Act and Public Records Act; student rights and discipline, including FERPA, Title IX,  DACA, and serving students with disabilities under Section 504 and the IDEA; academic, certificated and classified evaluation and discipline; administrator contracts and evaluation; employee leave rights and the interactive process; contract grievance arbitration; unfair labor practices charges before PERB; labor negotiations with academic employees; harassment; employee misconduct investigations; and discrimination complaints made to outside bodies including OCR, EEOC and DFEH. Laura also taught education law in UC Berkeley’s Principal Leadership Institute for ten years.

Suzanne Solomon is an experienced trial lawyer who has represented public entities, private companies and individuals in a wide range of employment disputes for over 20 years. At Liebert Cassidy Whitmore, Suzanne's litigation practice focuses on defense of single- and multi-plaintiff employment claims for discrimination, retaliation, harassment, violation of wage and hour laws, due process, First Amendment retaliation, and numerous other tort and statutory employment law claims.

Jessica Tam is an Associate in Liebert Cassidy Whitmore’s San Francisco office. Jessica provides advice and counsel to the cities, counties, special districts and education clients on a range of labor, employment and education matters. Jessica is experienced in researching and preparing memoranda and drafting motions for ongoing cases. She also has experience drafting discovery responses and objections.

Kelly Tuffo has represented public agencies for over fourteen years. Her areas of expertise are labor negotiations, labor relations, contract administration and employment law, including employment discrimination, harassment, discipline and investigations. Kelly advises cities, counties and other public sector employers on all aspects of employment relations, conducts workplace investigations, and represents clients in disciplinary proceedings and mediation and arbitration of grievances. Kelly provides training on all areas related to her practice.

Stacy L. Velloff has been at LCW since 2009, and has worked in both the Los Angeles and San Francisco offices. Her experience centers on representing employers in the areas of labor, employment, and education law. Her experience working with public agencies involves conducting investigations and trainings, handling grievances, disciplinary hearings, and litigation.