Monali S. Sheth

Monali S. Sheth is the Principal of Monali S. Sheth Law, which has its offices located in San Mateo, California. She also serves as Of Counsel to Bryan Schwartz Law, which has its offices located in Oakland, California. She focuses her practice on employment law, including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, and whistleblower actions.

Monali has experience addressing matters involving public employees, including clients who are city and county employees, as well as representing employees of private businesses in a range of sectors. Monali was previously a Deputy County Counsel at the San Mateo County Counsel's Office, and before then, a Senior Staff Attorney at Equal Rights Advocates (ERA), a national non-profit legal organization dedicated to advancing gender justice and expanding opportunities for women and girls in education and employment. At ERA, she represented numerous women with sex harassment and discrimination claims, including co-chairing a successful jury trial ($812,001 verdict) on behalf of a Latina janitor in a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit against a national building and facilities maintenance company.

Monali graduated from UC Berkeley School of Law in 2005 and was admitted to practice in California that same year. During law school, she externed with Judge Laura Taylor Swain of the United District Court of the Southern District of New York. 

Monali currently serves on the Education Committee of the California Employment Lawyers Association. She also is a member of the South Asian Bar Association of Northern California and California Lawyers Association - Labor and Employment Section.

In addition to representing clients in pre-litigation and litigation matters, Monali has spearheaded legislative advocacy at the local, state and federal level on issues that impact women in the workplace and working families, including bills like SB 299, which requires California employers to continue health benefits for workers on pregnancy disability leave. She has also taught “Legal Interviewing and Client Counseling” at Berkeley Law. 

Monali has received accolades for her contributions in law and in the community, including: 

• A Commendation from San Mateo County Board of Supervisors as a member of the County's Homekey Grant Team
• The South Asian Bar Association of Northern California Public Interest Award
• The Recorder’s Innovator Award