Manda McElrath

Manda McElrath

Associate
Baker & McKenzie LLP

Biography

Manda is an associate with Baker McKenzie's Employment & Compensation Group at the Palo Alto office. Before joining the firm, she worked at a regional, midsized law firm in the Bay Area where her practice focused on professional liability and employment litigation.

In law school, she was a judicial extern for the Honorable Jon S. Tigar of the Northern District of California. She also served as an articles editor with the UC Davis Law Review.

Practice Focus

Manda's practice focuses on employment and labor disputes and investigations matters. She represents employers in state and federal courts, including claims related to discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation, failure to accommodate, wage and hour violations, and trade secret misappropriation matters.

Admissions

  • California (2022)
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
  • U.S. District Court, Central District of California

Education

  • University of California School of Law, Davis (J.D.) (2022)
  • University of Pennsylvania (B.A. Cinema Studies, minor in Fine Arts) (2016)

Languages

  • English
Author, "Empty Graves and Full Museums: The Need to Include Non-Federally Recognized Tribes in NAGPRA Claims," UC Davis Law Review, Vol. 55, April 2022