Alexa Graumlich
Associate
Alexa Graumlich is an experienced employment litigator who defends employers in a wide variety of industries against claims for harassment, retaliation, discrimination, wrongful termination, and failure to accommodate. She also defends employers facing complex class and representative actions involving wage-and-hour claims, including California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) actions. Alexa represents clients in federal and state court, in arbitration, and before administrative agencies in all stages of litigation.
In addition to her employment litigation experience, Alexa partners with employers to navigate state and federal employment laws and identify solutions for compliance. Alexa also maintains a pro bono practice, focusing on immigration and asylum.
Practice Highlights
Wage-and-hour litigation
Representing employers in wage-and-hour class and representative actions involving meal and rest break compliance, timekeeping, regular rate of pay and overtime, expense reimbursement, tipping and gratuities, wage statement violations, misclassification, and other alleged violations of wage-and-hour laws.
Single-plaintiff litigation
Defending employers in single-plaintiff actions alleging discrimination, harassment, retaliation, failure to accommodate, and wrongful termination. Alexa has experience in all phases of litigation, including initial fact investigation, written discovery, depositions, motion practice, and trial.
Employment advice
Counseling employers and drafting policies to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local laws.
Class Action
Wage-and-hour class and PAGA representative action for movie theater chain
Wage-and-hour and PAGA representative action for hotel group
Wage-and-hour and PAGA representative action for a prepared food manufacturer and distributor
Summary judgment in FLSA misclassification case*
Single-Plaintiff
Defending technology company in multiple arbitrations
Biddle v. Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital
Summary judgment in sexual harassment case*
Pro Bono
Obtained T-visa for pro bono client
Admitted to Practice
- California, 2017
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, 2019
Education
- J.D., Stanford Law School, 2017
- Senior Editor, Stanford Law and Policy Review
- Gerald Gunther Prize for Legal Research & Writing
- Judge Thelton E. Henderson Prize, Immigrants' Rights Clinic
- Pro Bono Distinction
- B.A., Political Science and History, University of California, Los Angeles, 2013, summa cum laude
- Phi Beta Kappa
- UCLA Center for American Politics and Public Policy, Washington, D.C.
Memberships & Affiliations
- Bar Association of San Francisco
- Bar Association of San Francisco
Background
- Associate, 2017-2021; Summer Associate, 2016 – O'Melveny & Myers LLP, San Francisco
- Advanced Clinical Student Attorney, Stanford Immigrants' Rights Clinic, Stanford, Calif., 2016-2017
- Judicial Extern, Hon. Charles R. Breyer, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, San Francisco, 2015