Jennifer Schwartz
Top rated Employment & Labor attorney in San Francisco, California
Outten & Golden LLP
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor, Employment Litigation; view more
Licensed in California since: 1988
Education: New York University School of Law
Languages Spoken: English, French
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2014 - 2024 Call today:
415-569-1906
Outten & Golden LLP
One California Street12th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111 Visit website
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Attorney Jennifer Schwartz is a partner with Outten & Golden LLP law firm, and she leads the firm's individuals representation practice in the firm's San Francisco law office. Regarded as one of the leading employment lawyers in the country, Ms. Schwartz provides exceptional counsel, advocacy and support to clients across her region and beyond who have legal needs involving any of the following areas:
· Employment law litigation at the state and federal levels
· Workplace discrimination and harassment
· Wrongful termination
· Wage and hour disputes
· Other employment law matters
Highly experienced in both litigation and arbitration, Ms. Schwartz has achieved remarkable success protecting her clients' rights and interests while helping them achieve the favorable outcomes they seek for their serious and complex legal challenges. An effective negotiator, she assists her clients in seeking resolutions to their conflicts and pursuing agreements without the need for expensive and time-consuming litigation; however, she will not hesitate to take her clients' issues to court when necessary.
At all turns, Ms. Schwartz delivers highly personalized counsel to those she serves, pursuing the positive results her clients seek as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible. She has earned consistent recognition from The Best Lawyers in America, and Lawdragon 500 has named her as on its 2021 Leading Plaintiff Employment & Civil Rights Lawyers list in the United States. She also holds a "Superb" client rating on Avvo.
Ms. Schwartz has served as co-chair to the Marin County Bar Association's Labor & Employment Section, and she is the former president of the Marin County Bar Association. She is also an active member of many other local, state and national legal organizations.
Ms. Schwartz is admitted to practice before all U.S. District Courts in California as well as before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
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Practice areas
Employment & Labor: Employee, Employment Litigation: PlaintiffFocus areas
Employment Discrimination, Employment Law - Employee, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- 50% Employment & Labor: Employee
- 50% Employment Litigation: Plaintiff
First Admitted: 1988, California
Professional Webpage: https://www.outtengolden.com/lawyer-attorney/jennifer-schwar...
- Why Men Should be Taking Family Leave in California – and Elsewhere
- Religious Discrimination in the Workplace: Understanding Reasonable Accommodation
- Gaming Industry Finally Reckoning With Rampant Sexism and Harassment As Scores of Women Come Forward
- Pushing Back: How Women Can Influence Change in a Male-Dominated Workplace
- About the Google Memo: Legal Imperatives, Moral Imperatives. Oh, and History, Statistics, and Facts, Too.
- Jared and Kay Jewelers: When ‘Male Camaraderie’ Morphs into Toxic Corporate Culture
- Co-authored with Outten & Golden attorney Deirdre Aaron., Co-author, Workplace Abuse Claims Against McDonald’s Spotlight Sexual Harassment in the Fast Food Industry, O&G Employment Law Blog, 2021
- Blog post, Author, California Workplaces Open in Stages, Raising New Questions for Employees, O&G Employment Law Blog, 2020
- Co-authored with Maya Jumper of Outten & Golden LLP., Co-author, Gaming Industry Finally Reckoning With Rampant Sexism and Harassment As Scores of Women Come Forward, O&G Employment Law Blog, 2020
- Co-authored with Sally Abrahamson of Outten & Golden LLP, Co-author, Supreme Court Decisions Provide a Glimmer of Hope for Racial Justice, O&G Employment Law Blog, 2020
- Speaker: "Sex Discrimination, Sexual Orientation, And Gender Identity," NELA 2019 Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA, Speaker, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Orientation, And Gender Identity, NELA 2019 Annual Convention, 2019
- Post-World Cup Victory, U.S. Women's National Soccer Team Continues to Drive Toward the Goal in Its Campaign for Equal Pay, Jennifer Schwartz and Sally Abrahamson, O&G Employment Law Blog, August 15, 2019, Co-author, Post-World Cup Victory, U.S. Women's National Soccer Team Continues to Drive Toward the Goal in Its Campaign for Equal Pay, O&G Employment Law Blog, 2019
- Sexual Innuendos and Gossip Can Create a Hostile Work Environment, Jennifer Schwartz and Erin Pressman, O&G Employment Law Blog, August 19, 2019, Co-author, Sexual Innuendos and Gossip Can Create a Hostile Work Environment, O&G Employment Law Blog, 2019
- California Court of Appeals Suggests All Employee Non-Solicitation Agreements Are Unenforceable, Co-authored Jennifer Schwartz and Kerry C. Zaroogian, O&G Employment Law Blog, October 14, 2019, Co-author, California Court of Appeals Suggests All Employee Non-Solicitation Agreements Are Unenforceable, O&G Employment Law Blog, 2019
- Religious Discrimination in the Workplace: Understanding Reasonable Accommodation, Jennifer Schwartz, O&G Employment Law Blog, November 4, 2019, Author, Religious Discrimination in the Workplace: Understanding Reasonable Accommodation, O&G Employment Law Blog, 2019
- A few weeks ago, the California state legislature passed a bill that unequivocally prohibits employers from using an employee's prior salary, even in combination with legitimate factors, to justify a gender- and race-based pay differential for performing the same or similar work. The new legislation, which California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law on July 18th, reflects a welcome trend both at the federal and state levels to combat a common pay practice that has perpetuated the gender pay gap for decades: basing new employee compensation on the applicant's salary history..., Co-author, Closing the Gender Pay Gap: Salary Histories Are Off Limits, O&G Employment Law Blog, 2018
- O&G Employment Law Blog, Author, Nevertheless, We Must Persist: What Roy Moore’s Loss Means for Women in the Workplace, O&G Employment Law Blog, 2017
- New York and California
- Honorary Steering Committee for the 2022 Equal Right’s Advocates Gala
- The United States District Court for the Northern District of California, the Eastern District of California; and the Central District of California; and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Co-Chair, Labor & Employment Section, Marin County Bar Association, 2021
- President of the Board of Directors, Marin Trial Lawyers Association 2020-2021, 2021
- FINRA arbitrator, selected to serve on the Criminal Justice Act Trial Panel for the Northern District of California.
- She served as representative for the Bay Area CABAL at the Affiliate Relations Committee for the National Employment Lawyers Association (“NELA”) annual convention., 2015
- Member, Litigation Committee, Equal Rights Advocates
- Member, National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA)
- Member, American Bar Association, Labor & Employment section
- Member, California State Bar, Labor & Employment section
- Member, California Employment Lawyers Association (CELA)
- Member, San Francisco Bar Association, Labor & Employment section
- Member, Marin County Bar Association, Labor & Employment section
- Yale University, B.A., Cum laude, 1981
- Lawdragon 500 Plaintiff Employment Lawyers 2021, 500 Plaintiff Employment Lawyers, Lawdragon, 2021
- 2021-2022: Best Lawyers: Employment Law - Individuals and Litigation - Labor and Employment, Best Lawyer, Best Lawyers, 2022
- 2016, 2019, Super Lawyer, Northern California Women's Edition Super Lawyers, 2019
- 2014-2021, Super Lawyer, Northern California Super Lawyers, 2021
- 2014-2018: San Francisco Magazine, Top Attorneys In Northern California, Top Attorneys In Northern California, San Francisco Magazine, 2018
- Ms. Schwartz was recognized by the Center for Women in Law as a “Power Player.”, Power Player, Center for Women in Law, 2018
Office location for Jennifer Schwartz
One California Street
12th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
Phone: 415-569-1906
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2014 - 2024
