Marisa brings over 25 years of private practice experience in all aspects of employment law to her neutral practice. Her employment law experience spans a variety of industries, including real estate, hospitality, health care, finance, education, transportation, food and food services, legal, technology, construction, engineering, retail, manufacturing, aviation.
Marisa is an experienced litigator in both single and class action employment claims and well versed in state and federal statutes affecting the employment relationship as well as the case law and regulations interpreting them.
Marisa has resolved disputes involving almost all areas of employment law, including:
- Harassment, Discrimination, Retaliation
- Failure to prevent
- Failure to investigate
- Whistleblower
- Wrongful termination
- Failure to accommodate, including complex leave of absence issues
- Failure to engage in the interactive process
- Breach of contract
- Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress
- Accessibility
- Wage & Hour
- PAGA Actions
- Violation of First Amendment Rights
- False Claims Act
Representative Areas of Experience
- Employment – all areas of employment disputes
- Consumer Protection Laws- resolution of over 100 consumer claims regarding unauthorized financial accounts
- Fee Disputes – failure to pay legal fees invoiced
- Individual and Complex matters, including, multi-party, class action, and PAGA matters