Sarah Goldstein is the Managing Partner of the Orange County office and a partner in the Employment Litigation practice. She represents organizations of all sizes in employment-related matters and advises companies on proactive compliance with employment and wage and hour laws. Sarah is an experienced trial lawyer in both the Federal and California Superior Courts, with a focus on harassment, whistle-blower, wrongful termination, retaliation, discrimination, and wage and hour matters.

Her litigation practice includes defending employment actions under the Fair Employment and Housing Act including gender, pregnancy, race, ancestry, color, religion, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, wrongful termination claims, whistleblower claims, wage and hour claims, and retaliation matters. Sarah also represents employers in administrative actions before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, U.S. Department of Labor and the Department of Fair Employment and Housing.

In 1998, Sarah received the Wiley W. Manuel Award for Pro Bono Legal Services. An active member of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS), Sarah served six years on the Board of Trustees. She currently serves on the PLUS Foundation Board of Trustees, is a past chairwoman of the programs and partnerships committee and past co-chair of the Diversity Equity Inclusion and Allyship committee. She chaired the Women’s Leadership Network event in Los Angeles in September 2012. From 2009 to 2011, she served as Southern California Chapter Chairperson.

Representative Experience:

• Trial counsel in a breach of employment contract action in San Diego Superior Court that achieved a defense verdict.
• Counsel in a binding arbitration related to sexual harassment, racial harassment and discrimination, wrongful termination and retaliation case in which all of claimant’s claims were denied.
• Achieved a defense verdict on a FEHA cause of action in a wrongful termination and retaliation case in San Bernardino Superior Court.
• Trial counsel in a wrongful termination, violation of public policy and retaliation case at Santa Clara Superior Court where the verdict achieved was less than the plaintiff’s lowest settlement demand.
• Assisted on several additional trials including a disability discrimination case in which a defense verdict was attained in Federal Court.