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Biography
Ms. White is an Associate with Winer, McKenna & Burritt, LLP, where she primarily represents employees and injured individuals in employment discrimination, harassment, personal injury, retaliation, wrongful termination, and civil rights cases. Her commitment and passion for representing people who had their civil rights violated has resulted in significant results for her clients at trial, mediation, and arbitration. Ms. White is dedicated not only to zealous representation of her clients, but also to ensuring her clients understand and have access to the judicial process.
Ms. White earned her J.D. from Suffolk University School of Law in Boston, Massachusetts, in 2007. Ms. White also attended the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, as a visiting student in 2007.
Ms. White has lectured and written on employment discrimination, social justice, and civil rights issues throughout her legal education and career.
Ms. White is a licensed member of the State Bar of California. She is also admitted to practice in the United States District Court in the Northern and Eastern Districts of California, as well as in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of California.
Past Positions
- The Dolan Law Firm, Associate
- National Police Accountability Project, Interim Executive Director
- Extech Instruments, Sales Manager for Europe
Classes & Seminars
- Mentor, DeAnza High School, Law Academy Program of the State Bar of California, 2013 to 2014
- Panel Moderator and Speaker, Arbitration After Conception, University of California, Boalt Law School, 2013 to 2013
- Speaker, Employment Law Practice, Golden Gate University School of Law, 2013 to 2013
- Speaker, Employment Law Practice, University of San Francisco School of Law, 2013 to 2013
- Speaker, Consumer Law, University of California, Boalt Law School, 2012 to 2013
- Speaker, Consumer Law, McGeorge School of Law, 2011 to 2011
- The Philip A. Harley Memorial Mock Trial Competition, Volunteer Scorer, 2011 to 2012
Published Works
- "Hype man" of the Courtroom: A new lawyers' guide to being an effective second chair, FORUM MAGAZINE, Vol. 43, No. 6, November/December, 2013
- Meet Alameda County's Presiding Judge – An Interview with Honorable C. Donald Clay, THE VERDICT MAGAZINE, Fall, 2013
Professional Associations
- Consumer Attorneys of California, Co-Chair/Co-Founder, New Lawyers Division 2010
- Consumer Attorneys of California, Member, 2007 to Present
- California Employment Lawyers' Association, Member, 2007 to Present
- Alameda-Contra Costa County Trial Lawyers' Association, Board Member, 2012 to Present
- Alameda-Contra Costa County Trial Lawyers' Association, Member, 2007 to Present
- San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, Member, 2007 to Present
- American Association for Justice, Member, 2007 to Present
Education
- Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Juris Doctor, May 2007
- Honors: Honor Board Member, Journal of High Technology Law 2006-2007
- Honors: Graduating Honoree, National Association of Women Lawyers
- Honors: Dean's List, 2005-2006
- University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings), San Francisco, California
- Visiting Program, Spring 2007
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
- Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology, May 2000
- Major: Anthropology
Bar Admissions
- California, 2007
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 2009
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 2010
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of California, 2010
Honors
- Super Lawyers "Northern California Rising Star" 2012, 2013 & 2014
- Consumer Attorneys of California, New Lawyers Division "Legacy Award"
- Consumer Attorneys of California, New Lawyers Division Chair Award of Merit
- Consumer Attorneys of California, Presidential Award of Merit
- New Lawyers Division Chair Award of Merit, 2012 & 2014
- Minority Bar Coalition, Unity Award, 2014
Languages
- Spanish