Experience

Law Office of Alexander Sperry

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Owner

  • Oct 2017 - Present

  Provides impartial workplace investigation, training, and coaching services. Provides impartial workplace investigation, training, and coaching services.



Van Dermyden Maddux Law Corporation

• Partner

  • Feb 2013 - Aug 2017

  • Conducted workplace investigations and trained employers and employees on best practices. • Frequently lectured on workplace-related issues. • Provided one-on-one coaching to managers and employees. • Conducted workplace investigations and trained employers and employees on best practices. • Frequently lectured on workplace-related issues. • Provided one-on-one coaching to managers and employees.


UC Davis Health System
• United States
• Medical Practices
• Labor Relations Consultant

  • Jul 2012 - Jan 2013


Shaw Valenza LLP

• United States
• Legal Services

• Of Counsel Attorney

  • Oct 2009 - Jun 2012

  • Provided public and private employers with employment law advice, training, investigations and legal representation. • Frequently trained on a variety of topics, including equal employment opportunity compliance, harassment prevention, employee discipline and performance management, disability accommodation, and ethical duties and responsibilities. • Counseled clients on effective employee personnel management. • Assisted clients in identifying risk and achieving compliance with state and federal employment laws and regulations, including Title VII, FEHA, ADA, FMLA, CFRA, California Labor Code, California Wage Orders, and FLSA. • Conducted workplace investigations. • Defended employers regarding claims for wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, failure to accommodate, breach of contract, infliction of emotional distress, violation of workers’ compensation laws and violation of wage-and-hour laws. • Extensive experience with civil discovery and pre-trial proceedings, including drafting and arguing motions, taking and defending depositions and preparing for trial. • Attained defense verdict after five-week jury trial involving claims for wrongful termination, retaliation; successfully defeated post-trial motion for new trial. Show less



Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Associate Attorney

  • Dec 2000 - Oct 2009

  • Senior Associate in top-ranked labor and employment practice group. • Significant experience defending employers in federal and state courts, administrative forums and arbitration against single plaintiff and class action claims involving discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation, wage-and-hour laws, unfair competition, workers’ compensation, OSHA, WARN Act, RICO Act, defamation, fraud, and breach of contract. • Frequently counseled companies on wide variety of employment-related matters involving employee hiring, discipline and discharge; personnel policies and procedures; corporate compliance and audits; employee investigations; employee classifications; disability accommodation; employee privacy issues, trade secret protection; restrictive covenants; employee compensation and agreements; leaves of absence; reductions in force and labor relations. • Spoke, trained and wrote on a number of employment law topics, including equal employment opportunity, sexual harassment prevention, wrongful termination, effective personnel policies and procedures, employee leave laws and workplace technology-related issues. • Active pro bono practice. Show less


Littler Mendelson
• United States
• Investment Management
• Associate Attorney

  • Sep 1999 - Dec 2000