Qiaojing Ella Zheng
Top rated Employment Litigation attorney in Palo Alto, California
Practice Areas:
Employment litigation,
Civil rights,
Class action & mass torts,
Securities & corporate finance,
Discrimination,
Employment law - employee,
Sexual harassment,
Wage & hour laws,
Whistleblower,
Wrongful termination,
Employment & labor
Education Qualification:
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Practice Areas:
Employment litigation,
Civil rights,
Class action & mass torts,
Securities & corporate finance,
Discrimination,
Employment law - employee,
Sexual harassment,
Wage & hour laws,
Whistleblower,
Wrongful termination,
Employment & labor
300 Hamilton Avenue, Suite 500Palo Alto, California, 94301
First Admitted: 2012, New York
Professional Webpage: https://www.sanfordheisler.com/team/qiaojing-ella-zheng/
Bar/Professional Activity:
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- California, 2013
- New York, 2012
Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
- Represented co-founder and executive Dr. Yuhui David Chen in his claims of breach of contract, promissory fraud, retaliation, and wrongful termination against global semiconductor company InnoGrit Corporation and its CEO Dr. Zining Wu, culminating in an $8.3 million arbitration award that included $650,000 in punitive damages against Dr. Wu personally and $500,000 in emotional distress damages after a 12-day Zoom arbitration., 2021
- Litigated individual whistleblower retaliation claims on behalf of a former Chief Nursing Officer and a Private Attorney General Act lawsuit on behalf of nursing staff and mental health workers against Aurora Behavioral Healthcare – Santa Rosa and Signature Healthcare Services, culminating in a $2.85 million Court-approved settlement that includes robust programmatic relief., 2021
- Represented lead plaintiff Dandan Pan and a class of over 3,000 female employees in a gender discrimination class action case against Qualcomm, culminating in a $19.5 million Court-approved settlement., 2016
Representative Clients:
- Represents Plaintiff in her case involving breach of contract, retaliation, and wrongful termination against Reliance Memory Inc., Zhichao Lu, et al. The complaint was first filed with the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara on May 2, 2023., 2023
- Represents hourly delivery drivers against WEEE! Logistics, Inc. and WEEE! Inc. (collectively, “Weee”), alleging that the Asian and Hispanic grocery distributor has engaged in numerous Labor Code violations against its employees, including unlawfully deducting tips, failure to pay wages and overtime compensation, failing to provide adequate meal periods, misclassification of hourly employees as independent contractors, and several health and safety infractions., 2022
Honors/Awards:
- 2022 Daily Journal Top Labor & Employment Lawyers
- 2020 Minority Bar Coalition Unity Award
- 2022 Asian Leaders Worth Watching
- 2022 Law360 Rising Star
- YWCA Silicon Valley Tribute to Women Award, YWCA Silicon Valley, 2018
- Northern California Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2016-2022
- 2017 President’s Award, Chinese American Lawyers of the Bay Area, 2017
Educational Background:
- LL.M. (Master of Laws), Thomas Jefferson School of Law
- Zhejiang University, LLB, 2009
Other Outstanding Achievements:
- Ms. Zheng currently serves as Board President of YWCA Golden Gate Silicon Valley., 2024
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