Bio

Alyson Cabrera is a Partner in Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani’s Employment practice group. Ms. Cabrera joined the firm in 2003 after completing a one-year post-graduate federal clerkship in the Northern District of California. Ms. Cabrera represents both private and public entities primarily in employment related matters including employment discrimination, wrongful termination, retaliation, failure to accommodate claims and whistleblower actions. Ms. Cabrera has represented a wide range of clients ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, while focusing a large portion of her employment litigation and labor practice on schools (K-12, Community Colleges, Universities, Professional Schools) and hospitals (adult, children, community-based and skilled nursing). Ms. Cabrera has also defended schools and hospitals against claims brought by students and patients under state and federal anti-discrimination laws as well as the state and federal Constitutions. Ms. Cabrera regularly provides advice and counseling to client’s with a litigator’s eye, including advising clients about the risks associated with discipline and terminations, and in educating clients about the duty to engage in the interactive process and provision of reasonable disability-related accommodations. Ms. Cabrera has an extensive track record of success in law and motion having prevailed on numerous summary judgment motions in both state and federal court (including Santa Clara County, Alameda County, Contra Costa County, San Francisco County and the Northern District of California). Ms. Cabrera also enjoys trial work, and routinely arbitrates labor grievances with an emphasis on discipline and terminations. Ms. Cabrera has also successfully argued before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.