Memberships:

-Executive Committee, Bar Association of San Francisco Labor & Employment Law Section

-Worker Outreach Committee, California Employment Lawyers Association

-Women’s Committee, California Employment Lawyers Association

-Labor & Employment Law Section, American Bar Association

Julia feels lucky that she can tell people she loves her job: advocating for workers in a system that is not built for them to thrive.

She began her career at leading Silicon Valley firm Gunderson Dettmer, advising technology companies on matters from formation to exit. She practiced employment law at prominent firm Outten & Golden, where she focused on gender discrimination and #MeToo cases, and at employment boutique RED Law, where she served as the resident expert in disability and protected leave cases. Julia has also worked at the Writers Guild of America West representing screenwriters in arbitrations against major Hollywood studios.

Julia is passionate about holistic health, and she understands the extent to which a stressful or discriminatory work environment can cause and worsen health issues. She has particular expertise in disability and protected leave cases.

Trained in emotional intelligence, healthy communication, and vipassana meditation, Julia takes a relational and trauma-informed approach to her work. She is in the process of completing a year-long mindfulness teacher training program.

Julia is a graduate of Berkeley Law (J.D., 2014) and UCLA (B.A., 2009). She loves the redwoods, healthy cooking (especially from the Jerusalem cookbook), writing, gardening, and female-centric fiction.

tel.: (415) 266-5116
email: julia@stephanideslaw.com