Marie Disante
Managing Partner, Labor & Employment Law Attorney @Cdf Labor Law Llp
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WORK HISTORY
Managing Partner, Labor & Employment Law Attorney @Cdf Labor Law Llp
Orange County, CA, US
Employment litigation attorney and a California business owner, Marie DiSante understands her clients’ workplace challenges firsthand and has been resolving and preventing disputes for employers with workforces in California for more than 30 years. Her active leadership in the business community shapes her effective, practical and value-driven counsel to employers of all sizes, from startup ventures to Fortune 500 enterprises.Marie has been at the forefront of emerging and unprecedented class action litigation in California, especially in wage and hour compliance cases. Her facility with introducing a strategic business view within a legal context has resulted in numerous favorable outcomes in complex employment law litigation.DiSante’s experience also includes a broad range of single-plaintiff actions, EEO compliance, personnel policy implementation, performance management and reductions-in-force counsel. Ongoing education is a key component in DiSante’s preemptive counsel to California employers. Also, DiSante serves as a founding member of several Southern California business organizations, including the Collaboration of Professional Women (ProVisors), Orange County Law Firm Leadership Roundtable and Women Presidents’ Organization, Orange County Chapter.
EDUCATION
Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
Doctor of Law (J.D.)
Texas Christian University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
SKILLS
ABOUT MARIE DISANTE
I am a Founding Partner and the Firm Managing Partner of CDF Labor Law LLP, where I’ve guided the firm since its inception in 1994. I co‑founded CDF with a vision: to create an entrepreneurial, California‑focused labor, employment, and business immigration firm that delivers big‑firm experience with boutique flexibility and value‑driven service For over 30 years, CDF has grown to over 50 attorneys across five strategic California offices—Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Orange County/Irvine, and San Diego—allowing us to serve employers wherever they operate in the state.With over 35 years of experience representing and advising employers, I combine a litigator’s rigor with the perspective of a business owner—helping clients from startups to Fortune 500s proactively resolve disputes and mitigate risk.A highlight of my litigation career includes neutralizing five concurrent putative class actions filed across California counties on behalf of a national telecommunications retailer—including meal/rest‑break, misclassification, overtime, expense reimbursement, and minimum wage claims Beyond litigation, I regularly advise on personnel policy implementation, performance management, reductions‑in‑force, EEO compliance, and workplace investigations—focusing on pragmatic, crisis‑averting strategies.I’m deeply committed to advancing diversity and women’s leadership in law. As an active founding member of organizations such as the Women Presidents’ Organization (OC Chapter), ProVisors, the Orange County Women Lawyers Roundtable, and the OC Law Firm Leadership Roundtable, I champion inclusive mentorship, equal opportunity, and professional growth within the legal community.
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