Overview

Christina G. Cordoza is a trusted legal adviser to business owners, in-house counsel, and human resources professionals on a broad range of HR and compliance workplace concerns, including leave and accommodation, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, terminations, and wage and hour issues.

As a former in-house employment lawyer and general counsel at a number of different companies, involving a broad range of industries (biotech, healthcare, retail, tech, and food manufacturing), Christina has the ability to leverage her experience to advise clients on employment-related risk while balancing business realities in an ever-changing legal landscape. Her background also includes designing contingent worker programs, international law, and agency claims of all types.

While in law school, Christina served as a judicial intern for Federal Judge William Orrick, Jr.

Focus Areas

Discrimination and HarassmentInvestigationsLitigation and TrialsLeaves of Absence and Disability AccommodationPolicies, Procedures and HandbooksWage and Hour

Professional & Community Affiliations

Member

California Bar Association

Member

Contra Costa Bar Association

Member

National Association of Women Lawyers

Member

Association of Corporate Counsel

Member

Coalition for Battered Women

Member

Labor & Employment Section

American Bar Association

Member

Women Attorneys Affinity Group

American Bar Association

Member

National Retail Federation

Retail Industry Leaders Association

2012-2016

News, Analysis & Press

Pro Bono Week Podcast – Nonpartisan Election Activities

Podcast

October 22, 2024

Off Track

ABA Journal

February 2, 2009

Deaf Justice?: Battered Women Unjustly Imprisoned Prior to the Enactment of Evidence Code Section 1107

Golden Gate University Law Review

January 1994

Note: The Constitutionality of All Male Clubs

Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly

1989

Books & Book Chapters

  • Four Explore the World, A Ninth Month Journey Around the World, Blurb Books, Christina Cordoza, Dan Judge, Grayson Judge and Abigail Judge, 2008

Speaking Engagements

Political Expression in the Workplace

Breakfast Briefing

October 1, 2024

Walnut Creek Fall 2024 Breakfast Briefing

Walnut Creek, CA

October 1, 2024

California Employment Law Update: What’s in Store for 2024

Walnut Creek, CA

January 2024

Workplace Risk Challenges

Staffing Industry Analysts Annual Conference

October 26, 2023

Employment Law Fundamentals

ABA Labor & Employment Law Section

July 25, 2023

New California Laws and Cases Affecting Employers – Littler’s California Legislative Employment Law Update

Walnut Creek, CA

February 23, 2023

Panelist, Retail Roundtable on Wage and Hour and Workplace Violence

The 2016 Littler Executive Employer® Conference

May 2016

Panelist, Retailers Breakfast Briefing

The 2015 Littler Executive Employer® Conference

May 2015

California Litigation “Hot Spots”

Retail Industry Leaders Association, Retail Law 2014

October 16, 2014

California Wage and Hour Developments

The 2013 Littler Executive Employer® Conference

May 2013

Education

  • J.D., University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly Hastings)
  • B.A., University of California, Berkeley

Bar Admission

California

Courts

  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of California