Rebecca A. Dietzen is an Associate with the Farrell Law Group. Her experience with the firm, as well as her prior experience at an exclusively Plaintiff’s litigation firm, make Rebecca an experienced and well-rounded attorney, equipped to handle all of her clients needs. Rebecca has a particular interest in helping clients avoid unnecessary litigation by both developing good business practices and by utilizing cost-efficient means to resolve disputes.

Rebecca’s labor and employment practice focuses on defending employers against claims of wrongful termination, discrimination, sexual harassment, breach of contract, wage and hour issues, prevailing wage claims, trade secret/confidentiality and leave laws. Rebecca also counsels employers on best practices for legal compliance in these areas. She has also developed a sub-specialty representing clients faced with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessibility lawsuits.

Rebecca’s business and commercial litigation practice focuses on the representation of individuals, LLCs, corporations and other business entities in litigation arising out of contractual disputes, involuntary dissolution actions and business sales.

Rebecca received her B.A. in Law and Society, with honors, from University of California at Santa Barbara in 2001 and was awarded her J.D., cum laude, from University of Pacific, McGeorge in 2004.

While in law school, Rebecca was a judicial extern to Magistrate Judge (now U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District) Kimberly J. Mueller, worked as a student lawyer for the Federal Defender’s office, served as president of the McGeorge Women’s Caucus and was a member of the McGeorge Mock Trial competition team for two years. In 2001, Rebecca’s mock trial team won the American Trial Lawyers Association (now AAJ) Western Regional competition.

Areas of Practice
Labor and Employment Law, Business and Commercial Law and Litigation

Representative Experience
• Represented employers defending claims of wrongful termination and discrimination
• Represented employers defending claims of wage and hour and other labor code violations
• Represented entities pursuing and defending efforts for temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions
• Represented individuals and entities in asset and stock acquisitions/sales
• Advised corporate and individual shareholder clients involved in the involuntary dissolution of a corporation

Publications and Presentations
• ADA Accessibility Considerations for Small Business Owners; May 2011, co-presented with Paul Klein.
• The Aftermath of the ‘Facebook Firing’: Don’t Throw Out Your Social Media Policy…At Least Not Yet!” March 2011, co-authored with Matthew J. Durket.

Memberships and Professional Affiliations
• Women Lawyers of Sacramento
• California Women Lawyers
• Anthony M. Kennedy Inn of Court Alumni (2006-2008)
• Sacramento County Bar Association
• State Bar of California

Leadership Positions and Community Activities
• Women Lawyers of Sacramento Board of Directors, Co-Chair of the Grants & Awards Committee (2010 to present)
• California Women Lawyers Board of Directors, WLS Affiliate Governor and Co-Chair of the Legislation Committee (2010 to present)
• Gamma Phi Beta Sorority; Scholarship Advisor to the California State University Sacramento chapter (2010 to present)
• Spear-headed fundraising and planning efforts to re-vamp University of Pacific, McGeorge School of Law’s Mother’s Room

Education
University of Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
J.D., with distinction, 2004
Order of the Coif
Traynor Honor Society
Order of the Barristers

University of California at Santa Barbara
B.A., with honors, 2001
Law and Society with an emphasis in Criminal Justice