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Julie M. Capell

Partner

T 213.633.6845 Los Angeles
I don’t work for my clients, I work with them.
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Julie Capell partners with her clients to help them to comply with California and federal employment laws and regulations. She thinks of her client’s businesses as her own and strives to find economic, strategic and efficient ways to follow the law and avoid litigation risk. Julie keeps herself constantly informed of new legal developments and communicates those updates to her clients on a consistent basis. She is also an immediate responder and available to her clients at any time, day or night.

In addition to providing advice and counsel to her clients on employment laws and regulations, Julie is also a tenacious litigator and trial attorney, and has defended employers in all facets of employment litigation, including wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and wage and hour class actions. Finally, Julie is an accomplished trainer and presenter and regularly provides client trainings on harassment prevention, wage and hour compliance, and other employment laws.

Practice Highlights

Advice and counsel

Over fifteen years of experience providing strategic advice and counsel advice to companies in California, related to employment policies, handbooks, separation agreements, employment agreements, and best practices for conducting investigations, terminating employees, and dealing with trade secret issues.

Single plaintiff litigation

Defended over one hundred civil lawsuits brought by single plaintiffs alleging claims of wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and wage and hour claims, in federal and California state court, as well as before California and federal administrative agencies.

Wage and hour class actions

Provided support and representation in defense of scores of wage and hour class actions, in federal and state court, with a particular emphasis in meal and rest break, overtime, and misclassification (independent contractor and exemption) claims.
*Denotes experience prior to joining Davis Wright Tremaine
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Admitted to Practice

  • California, 2003

Education

  • J.D., University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, 2003, with great distinction
    • Order of the Coif
    • Chief Symposium Editor, McGeorge Law Review
    • Dean’s Honor List
  • B.A., History, Communications, University of California, Los Angeles, 1998, cum laude

Memberships & Affiliations

    • Executive Board, Disability Rights Legal Center
    • Troop leader, Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles
    • Editorial Advisory Board, The Lexis Practice Advisor Journal

Professional Recognition

    • Named one of the "Most Influential Women Attorneys," Los Angeles Business Journal, 2019
    • Named to the “40 Up and Comers in Employment Law” list, Lawdragon, 2015-2016
    • Selected to "Southern California Super Lawyers," 2017-2022; "Southern California Rising Stars," 2008-2016; Thomson Reuters

Background

    • Partner, Winston & Strawn LLP, Los Angeles, 2013-2016
    • Senior Associate, Norton Rose Fulbright US, LLP, Los Angeles, 2008-2013
    • Associate/Assistant Managing Attorney, Klinedinst, PC, Los Angeles, 2003-2008
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