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Hayley Grunvald

Overview

Hayley Grunvald focuses on employment litigation and counseling, including advising clients on allegations of discrimination, retaliation, harassment and non-compliance with wage and hour laws and regulations. She has represented employers in state and federal courts throughout the United States, as well as in administrative proceedings against individual and class claims across industries, including retail, transportation, finance, healthcare and technology. Hayley also handles a variety of nonemployment cases, including those involving alleged violations of Titles II and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Fair Housing Act, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

Hayley’s employment counseling practice involves regularly advising clients on wage and hour compliance, preparing employment policies and employment agreements, conducting sexual harassment and other employee training, managing large-scale investigations and providing day-to-day guidance on sensitive employee issues.

As a subset of Hayley’s employment litigation practice, she has significant experience in ADA access litigation and advocacy, having represented clients in courts nationwide and before various federal and state agencies. In this capacity, Hayley advises clients on all aspects of disability access compliance, both at their brick-and-mortar locations and on their websites and mobile applications.

Credentials
Clerkships

Judicial law clerk to the Honorable Barbara L. Major of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, January 2004 to August 2005

Judicial extern to the Honorable James F. Stiven of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Education

J.D., California Western School of Law, 2003, cum laude, Editor in Chief and member from 2000 to 2003 of the California Western Law Review

B.A., University of Minnesota, 2000, Phi Beta Kappa, member of the Women's Cross Country and Track and Field teams from 1996 to 2000, captain of the Cross Country team in the 1999-2000 season

Admissions

California

U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Central, Eastern and Northern Districts of California

Honors

Women of Influence in Law, San Diego Business Journal, 2021

Received a scholarship for academic merit both at California Western School of Law and as an undergraduate at the University of Minnesota

Received All Big Ten Academic honors and received the "Top Five" award for possessing the highest GPA among women's Division I athletes at the University of Minnesota