Menaka N. Fernando
One California Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111
About Menaka N. Fernando
Practice Areas
- Employment
Education
- University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, California, 2010J.D.
- Major: International Law
- Law Review: Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, Editor
- University of California, Los Angeles, California, 2005B.A.
Languages
- Sinhala
- English (Primary)
Classes and Seminars
- Speaker: "HIV/AIDS Discrimination in Employment, Beyond Prevention: The Obstacles in Defeating HIV", UC Hastings, Women's Law Journal Annual Symposium, - 2018
- Speaker: "Pregnancy Discrimination Know Your Rights", - 2015
- Moderator: "Religious Discrimination Panel", CELA, Conference, - 2015
- Presenter: "The Year in Review: Annual Employment Law Update (Part 2)," CELA 34th Annual Employment Law Conference, California Employment Lawyers Association, - 2021
- Speaker: "Update on New Legislation Impacting Labor & Employment Lawyers", Marin County Bar Association, - 2021
- Panelist: "Know Your Rights: An Interactive Webinar on Race and Gender Discrimination in the Technology Industry", - 2020
- Presenter: "The Year in Review: Annual Employment Law Update (Part 2)," CELA 33rd Annual Employment Law Conference, California Employment Lawyers Association, - 2020
- Speaker: "Litigating Labor Code Section 970 Claims," CELA 32nd Annual Employment Law Conference, California Employment Lawyers Association, - 2019
- Panelist: "Reforming VC Roundtable", - 2017
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- California, 2010
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court Central District of California
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
Other Affiliations
- California Employment Lawyers Association (Executive Board Member)
- California Employment Lawyers Association, Legislative Committee (Co-Chair)
- Open Door Legal (Board of Directors)
- Stand Up For Workers Political Action Committee (Board Member)
Past Positions
- Los Angeles and San Francisco Public Defender's Offices, Intern
Articles
Published Works
- Universal Jurisdiction, Research Handbook of International Criminal law, Chapter with UC Hastings Professor Naomi Roht-Arriaza, Brown, Bartram, 2012
- Females’ pay inequity in tech industry needs more than ‘karma’ to be corrected, San Francisco Examiner, 2014
- Job Protection Must Be Part of Any Family Leave Laws
- Why Men Should be Taking Family Leave in California – and Elsewhere
- California enacts important new parental leave law
- Closing the Gender Pay Gap: Salary Histories Are Off Limits, O&G Employment Law Blog, 2018
- A Reflection on Workforce Development Week, O&G Employment Law Blog, 2017
- Domestic Labor and Human Trafficking: Rights and Resources, O&G Employment Law Blog, 2017
- California Workplace Protections and Leave Rights for Expectant Mothers and New Parents During the COVID-19 Pandemic, O&G Employment Law Blog, 2020
- Workplace Rights and Protections for California Healthcare Workers, O&G Employment Law Blog, 2020
- Uncertainty Looms as New Privacy Law in California Takes Effect in the COVID-19 Era, O&G Employment Law Blog, 2020
- California Law Protects Workers From Termination or Retaliation for Participating in Black Lives Matter or Other Political Protests, O&G Employment Law Blog, 2020
- Why Doesn’t the U.S. Expand Parental Leave – Like the Rest of the World?, O&G Employment Law Blog, 2021
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- 35 years of experienceEmployment, Wrongful Termination, Discrimination, Sexual Harassment
Nearby Lawyers
- Employment
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