Bio

Heather A. Irwin is a partner in the Employment Group. She represents employers before administrative agencies, such as the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, the California Labor Commissioner's Office, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She regularly provides strategic advice and counseling to employers on a wide variety of employment issues, including disability accommodation, wage and hour claims, Family Medical Leave Act/California Family Rights Act compliance, sexual harassment, and discrimination claims. She also conducts neutral investigations into allegations of harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and other misconduct. Before coming to Gordon & Rees, she worked in the State Bar of California's Office of General Counsel, where she advised management and the Board of Governors of the State Bar of California on a variety of labor and employment matters. Ms. Irwin is a member of the State Bar of California's Labor and Employment Section, the National Association of College and University Attorneys, the Society for Human Resource Management, and the Northern California HR Association. Ms. Irwin graduated from University of California Hastings College of the Law in 1999, where she received the CALI award for Comparative Law. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and Political Science (with honors in Political Science) from San Diego State University.