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Practice
Focus
Labor and Employment Law,
Business and General Civil Litigation, Trial Work.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, California State University, Fullerton 1985
Juris Doctor, School of Law, University of California, Davis 1989
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Dawn Ross leads CMPR’s employment group and commercial litigation team.
Ms. Ross has represented employers successfully in state and federal litigation
and administrative proceedings. Ms. Ross serves as counsel to some of the
leading wineries, along with many other clients in the public and private
sector. She assists clients in preparing employee handbooks, employment
agreements, counseling on layoffs and terminations, and conducts training
seminars on sexual harassment and discrimination. Ms. Ross also acts as trial
counsel in intellectual property and commercial litigation matters such as
breach of contract, real estate transfers, fraud, trade secret, trademark
violations and construction defects. Ms. Ross works hard to control litigation
costs without compromising the case. Ms. Ross has a reputation as an
aggressive, detail oriented advocate, who has great success at trial. Ms.
Ross was an associate at Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon and a partner at Marron, Reid
& Sheehy prior to founding Carle, Mackie, Power & Ross LLP in 1998.
Awards:
- Ms. Ross is rated AV (the highest rating possible) by the Martindale-Hubbell
nationwide attorney rating service.
- Ms. Ross has been selected as a Northern California Super Lawyer three
consecutive years 2004, 2005 & 2006. The selection process includes
peer nominations based on ballots to 47,000 attorneys in Northern California, a
blue ribbon panel review, and independent research on candidates.
- Professional and Community Associations
- Sonoma County Bar Association, Past President, (2003)
- Sonoma County Women in Law, Past President, (1997)
- Sonoma County Young Lawyers' Association, Past President, (1996)
- Labor & Employment Law Section, Sonoma County Bar, Past Chairperson, (2000)
- California Parenting Institute
, Board Member
- Valley of the Moon Children's Home, Volunteer
Publications
- Name, Rank & Serial Number - the Rules on Reference Checks, 2004
- Wrongful Demotion - How to Protect Your Organization, 1996
- Labor Code § 970 - The Ramifications of Overselling the Job, 1995
Speaking Engagements
- Empire Law School , Substitute & Visiting Professor, 2000 – present
- HR Matrix, Employment Law Update, 2007
- HR Matrix, Managing Risk and Compliance in California, 2007
- Sonoma County Bar Assn., Deposition Skills Workshop, 2004 & 2006
- SCBA Labor & Employment Law Section, Witnesses in Employment Cases, 2001
- Lorman Education Services, HR Audits in California, 2001
- Telecom Valley Alliance, Attracting & Retaining Key Employees, 2001
- Sonoma State University, Human Resources in the Wine Industry, 2000
- Legal Secretaries Association, Organizing Complex Cases, 1999
- Sonoma County Bar Assn., Recent Developments in Employment Law, 1998 & 1999
- Engineering Contractors Association, Employment Law Overview, 1998
- Department of Social Services, Sexual Harassment Seminar, 1998
- Santa Rosa Junior College Forensics Program, Title VII Basics, 1998
- Client Seminar, The Basics of Employment Law, 1996
- Client Seminar, Sex, Drugs & Locker Searches, 1994 & 1995