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JD, The George Washington University Law School

BA, University of Virginia

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After graduating from college, Millicent worked for her alma mater’s digital history project conducting archival research and coding manuscripts for machine-processing and online publication. One of her most interesting discoveries was the origins of a contemporary university tradition full of student riots and rebellions in the 1800s that became so severe that the board of trustees instituted a strict code of conduct and banned speech about religion and politics.

Union v. County (2023)  A union which represents more than 8,000 county employees, including in safety and health departments called off their strike authorization vote. Prior to the termination of the strike authorization vote, the LCW team prepared fifteen (15) county departments that employ employees who perform services necessary to public safety or health for the threatened strike. LCW worked with departmental leadership to identify essential employees in those departments who would need to continue to work during the strike and were prepared to negotiate line passes with the union that would allow the essential employees to work during the strike.

Faculty Member v. Community College District (2024)  Represented community college district in 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action by professor alleging his termination violated his First Amendment rights; Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals accepted the District’s arguments and ruled in favor of the District, upholding the district’s court’s dismissal.

Former Teacher v. Temple Represented Temple in meal and rest break lawsuit brought under Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”), in which First Amendment “Ministerial Exception” was successfully applied as a defense to resolve the case.

Non-Profit Organization v. Former Volunteer (2023) – Won both temporary and permanent workplace violence restraining orders against a former volunteer to protect several of the non-profit’s staff and leadership from the former volunteer’s threatening verbal, written, and physical acts.

Community College District v. Former Employee (2023) – Convinced the court to grant a three-year Workplace Violence Restraining Order, preventing a former employee from harassing and threatening three community college district employees. The judge found that although the former employee has a First Amendment right to threaten another with a legal claim, the vulgar and threatening portion of the former employee’s text messages had no legitimate purpose. This Restraining Order prohibits the former employee from contacting, approaching, or interacting with the three employees for three years.

5 Resolutions for the New Year
01/14/2025
California Public Agency Labor & Employment Blog

It’s that time of year again to reflect on this year’s achievements and set goals for the new year. With the beginning of 2025 upon us, we encourage managers, supervisors, and human resources personnel to add the following five resolutions to their 2025 goals.

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Funding Statutes Providing For Reimbursement To School Districts For Mandate-Claim Amounts Do Not Violate California Constitution.
03/31/2022

Under article XIII B, section 6, subdivision (a) of the California Constitution, the State of California must reimburse local governments when it requires them to provide a “new program or higher level of service.” This provision prohibits the state from shifting financial responsibility for...

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