Nancy J. Balles
Member
Email: nballes@nancyballes.com

Practice Areas: Employment; Wrongful Termination; Sexual Harassment; Employment Discrimination; Employment Mediation; Executive Severance Contracts; Public Sector Employment Law; Whistleblower Litigation; Personal Policies; Retaliatory Discharge; Age Discrimination in Employment; Employment Contracts; Family and Medical Leave Act; Employment Disability Discrimination; Defamation; Employee Discipline; Employment Breach of Contract; Employee Privacy.

Admitted: 1977, Virginia; 1978, District of Columbia; 1982, California

Law School: Catholic University of America, J.D., 1977

College: Duke University, B.A., 1971

Member: California Employment Lawyers Association; National Employment Lawyers Association; American Bar Association; State Bar of California; Contra Costa County Bar Association (Member, 1993-, President, 1993-1996 and 2002, and Member, Board of Directors, 1997-2001 and 2003-, Employment Section); American Inns of Court (Contra Costa Chapter, 1998-).

Biography: Author: "Spoilation of Evidence in FEHA Cases," Contra Costa Lawyer, August 2006; "The Uphill Battle of Whistleblowers in California's Local Public Entities," California Public Employee Relations Journal, February 2005; "Recent Developments in Employment Law," Contra Costa Lawyer, March, 2002; "U.S. Supreme Court Rejects the Pretext Plus Rule in Discrimination Cases," Contra Costa Lawyer, August 2000; "Time Limitations Governing Employment Discrimination Cases," Contra Costa Lawyer, October 1997; "Employer's Duty to Prevent Workplace Violence," Contra Costa Lawyer, February 1995; "How Law Firms Can Avoid Employee Law Suits and Liability," Contra Costa Lawyer, February 1994. Co-Author, with Stan Caspar, "Bar Board Takes Action on Fee Caps Initiative," Contra Costa Lawyer, March 1996. Mediator, "EASE" Panel of Contra Costa Superior Court, 1994-.

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