Membership Directory - Individual
Lee Theodora
Shareholder/Partner at Littler Mendelson P.C.
Member Since: 2019
About
: LAW
streetAddress: Treat Towers, 1255 Treat Blvd., Suite 600
cityName: San Francisco
province: CA
zipCode: 94597
Email: tlee@littler.com
LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/theodora-lee-03570a5/
Phone: Available to Members
Mobile Phone: Available to Members
Race: African American/Black
Languages (Fluent): English
Primary Areas of Practice: Employment Litigation
Description of Member's Practice: Advice and Counsel on Various Employment Laws
Trials and Appeals
Workplace Training
Investigations
Mediation
Arbitration
Member Type: Outside Counsel
Member Profile: Theodora R. Lee, a senior shareholder/partner and trial lawyer in the San Francisco, and Walnut Creek offices of Littler Mendelson, defends employers in complex wage and hour class actions, discrimination class action lawsuits and general employment litigation. Ms. Lee has extensive courtroom experience and specializes in all aspects of employment and labor relations law, including wrongful termination litigation; National Labor Relations Board matters, including representation cases, unfair labor practice proceedings, grievance arbitrations; Title VII and FEHA proceedings, including race, sex, religious and age harassment and discrimination; and unfair competition proceedings. She also counsels employers on day to day employment issues such as covenants not to compete, hiring and termination of employees, the Equal Pay Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, the California Business and Professions Code, the Family and Medical Leave Act, federal and state wage and hour issues, pre-employment screening, litigation avoidance, reductions in force, the development of personnel policies and procedures, workplace violence, employee terminations, employment agreements, drug and alcohol testing, and risk management protocols.
Ms. Lee is a settlement commissioner, Early Neutral Evaluator, AAA certified arbitrator and mediator, and has concluded more than 5,000 matters through use of private arbitration or mediation, including large, complex, class actions, multi-party litigation actions, and individuals suing their employers. She has been a contributing writer to numerous employment law publications and presents seminars on a wide variety of employment issues and regularly conducts in-house employment law training programs, including Pay Equity, Implicit Bias, Managing the Whistleblower, among other topics. Ms. Lee regularly appears on TV and Radio, including NPR and PBS, speaking on various employment topics.
She has been recognized as one of the Leading Law Firm Rainmakers by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, named to the Best Lawyers in America© and named as a Super Lawyer - Northern California. She is an elected member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). Ms. Lee has received an AV® Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell for the last 25 years and has been named one of America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators.
Apart from the practice of law, Ms. Lee is an award-winning vintner, and owner of Theopolis Vineyards. In the wine world, Ms. Lee is known as Theo-patra, Queen of the Vineyards. Wine Critics, including Robert Parker, Antonio Galloni Presents Vinous and Wine Enthusiast Magazine, have consistently bestowed on wines from Theopolis Vineyards 90 Plus Points. She is a graduate of Spelman College and the University of Texas School Of Law. Prior to entering the practice of law, Ms. Lee worked as a Senate intern in Washington D.C. for Senator Sam Nunn.
Firm/Company: Littler Mendelson, PC
Firm/Company Size: 50-100+
Firm/Company Profile: Global Labor & Employment Law Firm
Firm/Company Website: http://www.littler.com
Bar Admissions (up to 10): California, Texas
Former Member of the Bench: No
Percent of Members Time Spent on Employment Law Matters: 75 - 100
Percent of Member's Practice Spent on Plaintiff's Employment Matters: 0