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Mandana Massoumi

Partner

Mandana Massoumi is a partner in Dorsey's employment department and her practice is focused exclusively in this area of law. She represents employers at trial and arbitration on complex employment litigation, wage and hour class actions, multi-plaintiff and single plaintiff cases involving various employment claims, including discrimination and harassment, wrongful discharge, unfair competition, and misappropriation of trade secrets.

Mandana regularly advises a wide range of corporations—public and private, large and small—on labor and employment-related issues, including wage and hour matters under state law and the FLSA, unfair competition, reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), the Family Medical Leave Act ("FMLA") and the Fair Employment and Housing Act ("FEHA"), protecting proprietary information, non-solicitation issues, and other related personnel matters. Mandana also designs and conducts wage and hour audits, investigations and training on every aspect of the employment relationship. She has given numerous presentations on a wide array of employment and management training and seminars.

Representative Work

  • Advice, Training and Audits: Mandana designs and delivers employment and compliance training, wage and hour audits, and conducts independent investigations. She regularly advises employers on various California and federal employment laws, and provides strategic advice to ensure compliance.
  • Litigation Defense and Dispute Resolution: Mandana’s litigation practice emphasizes complex employment litigation and wage and hour class actions. Mandana has represented employers at trial and arbitration. She has also obtained summary judgment on numerous employment cases involving claims of wrongful discharge, discrimination, trade secret, harassment, wage and hour and other employment-related claims.

Admissions

  • California
  • The United States District Court for the Northern, Central, Southern and Eastern Districts of California
  • The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Honors

  • Recognized as a “Rising Star,” by the Los Angeles Magazine, 2010
  • Recognized as the Labor and Employment Law Contributor for Orange County by the Los Angeles Daily Journal, 2009

Education

  • University of San Francisco School of Law
    J.D., 1997, Moot Court Board of Directors, Moot Court Honors
  • University of California, San Diego
    Economics & Political Science (Dual Degrees), 1993, Dean's Honors

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