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Cassandra M. Ferrannini

Partner
Sacramento

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Phone: (916) 444-1000
Fax: (916) 444-2100

Practice Areas:
Litigation
Employment
Employment Litigation

Bio

Cassandra Ferrannini draws on her broad experience to assist clients in finding their best strategic position to prevent, defend, and resolve employment disputes. In her counseling practice, she guides public and private employers through the complicated and sometimes contradictory maze of federal and state regulations. In doing so, she frequently encounters and resolves issues ranging from the treatment of a single employee to the design and implementation of comprehensive, company-wide employment and trade secret protection policies.

In her litigation practice, Cassandra defends the spectrum of employment claims, including wage and hour, sexual harassment, discrimination, wrongful termination, ERISA, and fraud—all with great success. She is described as a “creative thinker and problem solver,” who has repeatedly obtained complete dismissal of litigation on the basis of written work alone. Recently in an employment contract dispute involving allegations of fraud, a mediator described her submission as one of the best briefs he had ever read. As employees and information become increasingly mobile, she safeguards the interests of both the old and new employers by bringing and defending numerous actions involving misappropriation of trade secrets and unfair competition, achieving effective resolution.

She frequently writes and speaks about a variety of employment issues and is devoted to developing unique strategies for protecting confidential information. She has been a contributing editor to two industry treatises published by the American Bar Association, Section of Labor and Employment: Covenants Not to Compete: A State by State Survey, and Employee Duty of Loyalty: A State by State Survey. Cassandra also annually writes articles about trade secrets and covenants not to compete for publication at the American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section's midwinter meeting.

Admitted to Practice in:
California

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