Our People

Cynthia specializes in promptly providing public sector and non-profit employers with expert advice.  Cynthia has over three decades of employment law experience, which allows her to efficiently provide clients answers, options and solutions.  Whether a client needs an employment agreement, a vendor contract, to discipline or motivate employees, or advice regarding a myriad of state and federal employment laws, Cynthia is there for clients and completes the work on deadline. 

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 and employment law. In advising and counseling clients, he particularly focuses upon employee leave rights, including under the Family Medical Leave Act and Families First Coronavirus Response Act; workplace privacy issues; the disability interactive process; and the Peace Officers Procedural Bill of Rights. As a litigator, Anthony represents public agencies in both state and federal court on a myriad of claims, including discrimination, harassment, due process, and other constitutional claims. He has experience with all aspects of litigation and all manners of legal drafting, including initial pleadings, discovery, dispositive motions, and 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 fifteen 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. Stacy represents educational institutions and non-profits in all aspects of education, employment law, and business and facilities.  Stacy works extensively in handling various employment and student issues, such as drafting employment agreements, employee handbooks, enrollment agreements and student handbooks, defending claims of alleged harassment, discrimination, retaliation and disability accommodation issues, and advising on employee discipline, wage and hour issues, leaves, student discipline and expulsion, tuition disputes, and contract claims.  

Casey is an employment litigator and nonprofit business attorney, based in Liebert Cassidy Whitmore’s San Francisco office. Her dynamic practice is focused on helping mission-driven organizations achieve their goals while staying compliant and working through complex disputes. 

Donna Williamson has represented educational institutions and public agencies for over thirty years. Her areas of expertise include employment, student and board issues, labor relations, labor negotiations, contract administration, employment discrimination, harassment, employee discipline and investigations. Donna also provides training on all of these areas and speaks regularly at conferences on topics related to her practice.