Attorneys
Another free benefit for members, CEA has retained the services of David Leporiere, Attorney at Law. In addition, we have an attorney referral list available to you. Please call 1-800-399-5331 when you need a legal opinion or legal representation.
Law Offices of David A Leporiere
Mr. Leporiere began his legal career in 1990 as an associate in the law firm of McNamara, Houston, Dodge, McClure & Ney in Walnut Creek, California. During his time at McNamara, et al., Mr. Leporiere practiced in the area of general insurance defense, with a concentration in complex asbestos litigation and construction defect litigation. In 1993, Mr. Leporiere joined the firm of Hubbert, Shanley & Cohen in Sacramento, California. It was at this time that Mr. Leporiere began his specialization in the areas of management labor and employment law.
From 1993 through the present, Mr. Leporiere has concentrated his practice exclusively in the areas of management labor and employment law. Mr. Leporiere’s practice includes not only litigation of employment related claims, but also preventative counseling of individual employers and groups of employers, preparation of personnel policy manuals, and the negotiation of union contracts.
Mr. Leporiere’s lecture topics have included: “Identifying and Combating Harassment in the Workplace”; “California Wage and Hour Issues”; “Hiring, Discipline and Terminations”; What Employers Need to Know About Employment Policy Manuals”; and “Leaves of Absence In California”. Mr. Leporiere was admitted to the California Bar in 1990, and is admitted to practice throughout California, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Eastern Districts of California. Mr. Leporiere is a member of the State Bar of California (Litigation and Labor Sections) and the Sacramento County Bar Association (Labor and Employment Law Section).
Mr. Leporiere received his undergraduate degree, with honors, from California State University, Sacramento, in 1987 and his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of California, Davis in 1990. Mr. Leporiere is a Past-President of the Active 20-30 Club #1 of Sacramento, and is a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity.
Mr. Leporiere’s representative clients include: Folsom Lake Ford, Folsom Lake Toyota, Rancho Jeep Eagle Chrysler, Swifts’ Superstore, Santa Rosa Chrysler, JC Penney, Co., Liberty Mutual Insurance, Golden Eagle Insurance, Fortune 800, USA Properties Fund, Inc., Cardinal CG, Amerigas, JTS Communities, Softfile, American River Packaging, and Youngdahl Consulting Group, Inc.
Shaw Valenza LLP
Serving public and private sector employers, Shaw Valenza LLP provides employment law advice, training, investigations and representation before agencies and courts. Their competitive advantage is the quality of services they provide and the Firm's state-of-the-art infrastructure.
Shaw Valenza is small by design so they may tailor a unique approach to each client's individual needs at a reasonable price. However, their communication systems and relationship management tools utilize large-firm technology to support their commitment to responsiveness and communication.
With diverse backgrounds and experience that runs both deep and wide, Shaw Valenza lawyers solve clients' employment law issues efficiently and creatively.
Shaw Valenza partners have a combined 35 years of experience providing preventive counseling, training, investigation and litigation services to employers throughout the country.
- Jennifer Shaw
- Shaw Valenza LLP
- Phone: 916-326-5150
- Web: www.shawvalenza.com
Jennifer’s practice at Shaw Valenza LLP includes providing regular advice and counsel on workplace issues to numerous private and public sector employers. She also develops and presents seminars for management and non-supervisory employees on subjects such as respect and professionalism in the workplace, AB 1825 compliance, diversity, managing protected leaves of absence, and workplace violence prevention. In addition, Jennifer regularly conducts independent internal investigations for employers and litigates employment law cases in state and federal court.
Jennifer is an active member of the California State and Sacramento County Bar Associations, and the Society for Human Resource Management (“SHRM”). She is a member of the Legal and Legislative Group of the Sacramento Area Human Resources Association, and co-authors a regular column on workplace law issues for The Daily Recorder, a legal newspaper.
Jennifer is a frequent speaker on employment law topics, and she has been a guest on CNN and local television and radio programs.
Jennifer graduated from U.C. Santa Cruz in 1988, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with honors. She received her law degree from the University of San Francisco School of Law in 1994, where she graduated magna cum laude and was the editor-in-chief of the law review.
Prior to founding Shaw Valenza LLP, Jennifer was a partner at Jackson Lewis LLP. Previously, Jennifer practiced employment law as an associate at Schacter, Kristoff, Orenstein & Berkowitz (1997-2000) and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (1994-1997).
Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard
- Kristianne T. Seargeant
- Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard
- Phone: 916-321-4500
- Web: www.kmtg.com
Ms. Seargeant is an associate attorney at Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard who practices in the firm’s labor and employment group. Ms. Seargeant represents both public and private sector clients. Ms. Seargeant’s areas of emphasis include defending employers in employment related lawsuits, labor negotiations, contract grievances, arbitrations, wage and hour issues, workplace investigations, responding to employee claims of retaliation, discrimination, harassment and representing employers in unfair labor practice charges.
Ms. Seargeant lectures on labor and employment topics, is a published author and is a current member of the California State Bar Association and its Labor and Employment section, as well as an active Executive Committee member for the Sacramento County Bar Association’s Labor and Employment section.
While in law school, Ms. Seargeant completed a student internship with the Public Employment Relations Board where she acted in the capacity of Board Agent to investigate unfair labor practice charges and mediated unfair labor practice charges between charging parties and respondents.
Prior to and while attending University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, Ms. Seargeant worked for the Sacramento Fire Department, where she climbed the ranks from Firefighter to Fire Captain to Battalion Chief. Over the course of her 12-year career with the Sacramento Fire Department, Ms. Seargeant was a 2-term Regional Fire Academy Drill Instructor, In-Service Training Officer, and a decorated member of FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue Team and the California Office of Emergency Services’ Water Rescue Team.
For more information on Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard, please visit www.kmtg.com