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Dolly M. Gee   return to list

Ms. Gee graduated with a B.A. (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) from UCLA in 1981. In 1984, she received her J.D. from UCLA School of Law. During law school, Ms. Gee externed for Hon. Allen E. Broussard of the California Supreme Court. After law school, she clerked for Hon. Milton L. Schwartz, U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of California, from 1984-1986.

Ms. Gee specializes in state and federal court litigation, administrative hearings, arbitrations, and the representation of teachers under the Education Code. In 2002, Ms. Gee and the firm's Of Counsel, William T. Payne, settled a class action ERISA lawsuit against the Walt Disney Company ensuring lifetime post-retirement health benefits for over 6,000 retirees and active employees.

Ms. Gee has extensive experience conducting independent workplace investigations of alleged employee misconduct, including race discrimination and sexual harassment. She also conducts training seminars on sexual harassment and other employment laws. She frequently advises employees regarding covenants not to compete, reviews employment agreements, and negotiates initial employment contracts and severance packages for professionals and executives in diverse fields, including academia and the accounting, banking, health care, and entertainment industries.

In 1994, Ms. Gee was appointed by President Clinton to serve for a five-year term on the Federal Service Impasses Panel ("FSIP") in Washington, D.C. As an FSIP member, she mediated and arbitrated numerous disputes and participated in hundreds of summary dispositions of impasses between federal agencies and federal sector labor unions. Ms. Gee currently serves as an arbitrator for the Kaiser Permanente Independent Arbitration System.

During the 1995-96, 1999-2000, and 2005-06 International Brotherhood of Teamsters Delegate and Officer Elections, Ms. Gee served as Regional Coordinator under the auspices of the Office of the Election Officer, established under the supervision of Hon. David N. Edelstein, U. S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York. In that capacity, she investigated and recommended dispositions for hundreds of election protests relating to alleged violations of election rules.

Ms. Gee is a former Trustee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. She is a past president of the Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association and a founder and advisory board member of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Los Angeles County. She also has served as a board member of the Western Center on Law & Poverty, the California Women's Law Center, and the Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California. She was a member of the State Bar of California's Judicial Nominees Evaluation Commission in which she evaluated candidates for state judicial positions. She served as a Central District lawyer representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference and as a member of the Ninth Circuit Advisory Board. Since 2004, she has been named each year as a "Southern California Super Lawyer" by Los Angeles Magazine.

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