Jeanne Fahey

Jeanne Fahey has carried on a litigation and appellate practice for over ten years, with a focus on employment, professional negligence and E & O, serious personal injury and other complex civil matters. While Ms. Fahey has represented clients in a number of substantive areas, her true 'specialty' is the art of vigorous and persuasive advocacy itself.

Ms. Fahey is experienced in all aspects of litigation, including fact development and discovery, witness preparation, legal analysis and litigation strategy, motion practice, administrative proceedings, mediation, arbitration, settlement negotiations, trial preparation, jury trial and appeal. Moreover, in six years as an Adjunct, and later, Assistant Professor of Moot Court with U.C. Hastings College of the Law, Ms. Fahey trained hundreds of law students in effective written and oral advocacy. Her experience consulting with numerous firms, and a stint as staff attorney with the San Francisco Superior Court, Complex Litigation Department, further honed her pre-trial advocacy skills. Dozens of firms have relied on her expertise to help them foresee obstacles and obtain better results for their clients.

Ms. Fahey's other specialty is advice and counseling. Ms Fahey helps employers comply with the complex array of laws governing the workplace. The types of matters on which Ms. Fahey regularly advises employers include: evaluating, disciplining, and discharging employees; managing employees leaves, including ensuring compliance with the FMLA, CFRA, FEHA and other laws; drafting employment policies, forms and practice manuals; responding to claims of discrimination, harassment or retaliation; and working to achieve early resolution of potential workplace conflicts.

While recognized for her abilities as a zealous litigator, Ms. Fahey's clients also appreciate her unique combination of legal, practical and interpersonal skills. Because of her years of experience in employment litigation, she understands how employees and their attorneys think, where employers' legal, organizational and interpersonal 'blind spots' are, and how workplace conflicts can be prevented in the first place.

Ms. Fahey received her B.A. in Sociology from University of California, Berkeley, in 1991, graduating with Highest Honors and Highest Distinction. She graduated cum laude and Order of the Coif from University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1995. Ms. Fahey is a member of the Labor & Employment section of both the State Bar of California and the American Bar Association (the ABA). She is a founding member of the newly formed Psychology of Conflict Resolution Committee of the ABA's Tort, Trial & Insurance Practice Section, as well as a member of the Collaborative Law Committee.

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