NEWMAN AVILA, MELISSA
BIOGRAPHY
Ms. Newman Avila brings extensive employment law experience to her clients. For the past decade, Ms. Newman Avila has focused on workers’ rights, litigating hundreds of FEHA, PAGA and Class Action matters for employees in courts throughout Southern California, including the Courts of Appeal. She is admitted to the California Bar and the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
When not otherwise preoccupied with the practice of law, Ms. Newman Avila enjoys spending time with her family, hiking, and swimming.
EDUCATION
- Chapman University School of Law, Orange, California
- J.D. – 2012
- Honors: President of the Employment Law Society
- Law Review: Chapman Law Review, Executive Production Editor
- University of California, Santa Cruz,California
- B.A. – 2006
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Major: Literature
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT POSITION
- Senior Trial Associate
PRACTICE AREAS
- California Employment Law
- Wage and hour violations
- Wrongful termination
- Discrimination, harassment, and retaliation
BAR ADMISSIONS
- California, 2012
- U.S. District Court Central District of California, 2016
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