Bio

Rebecca Stephens is a thoughtful, collaborative, and strategic employment advisor and litigator. She counsels clients on a wide range of employment matters, including developing and implementing sound employment policies, conducting workplace investigations, overseeing accommodations and leaves of absence, and administering separations from employment. With clients ranging from small businesses to global corporations, Rebecca takes a practical, solutions-focused approach and understands the importance of tailoring her advice to each employer’s needs, goals, and culture. Rebecca also represents employers in single-plaintiff and class and representative action matters in federal and state courts, including wage and hour, wrongful termination, retaliation, and discrimination cases. In her litigation practice, Rebecca has obtained numerous favorable dismissals, summary adjudications, and settlements on behalf of employers and individual defendants. She also routinely represents clients before administrative agencies including the U.S. Department of Labor, California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the California Civil Rights Department, where her efforts regularly result in no-cause findings on behalf of employers. Rebecca maintains an active pro bono practice, representing and advising community organizations in employment matters. She also serves on the Board of Directors for Mission Graduates, a nonprofit whose mission is to increase the number of K-12 students in San Francisco’s Mission District who are prepared for and complete a college education. Rebecca served as a law clerk and attorney-advisor to the Honorable Jennifer Gee of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Administrative Law Judges and as a judicial extern to the Honorable Ruben Castillo of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.