Shirley Jackson Farboud’s practice encompasses employment counseling and litigation for a wide range of employers. Shirley represents employers in litigation matters in federal and state courts and in arbitration on a wide variety of claims, including harassment, discrimination, wrongful termination, breach of contract, retaliation, trade secret theft, and unfair competition. She also has extensive experience defending wage and hour claims in single plaintiff and class action lawsuits, as well as representative actions under California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA).
Shirley also advises her clients on all aspects relating to the workplace, including hiring, worker classification, equal opportunity, anti-harassment, wage and hour, leaves of absence, employee separations, non-competition, non-solicitation, trade secret misappropriation and more. She has conducted and advised on numerous workplace investigations and regularly presents to all kinds of audiences. Shirley conducts anti-harassment and other trainings for employers with respect to ever changing aspects of California employment law.