Melanie Ronen
Partner and Chair, Employment & Labor at Stradley, Ronon | Experienced employment lawyer providing advice and litigation counsel for employers.
- Role
- Chair, Employment & Labor at Stradley Ronon
- Location
- Long Beach, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Melanie Ronen
Melanie is the Chair of Stradley Ronon\'s Employment & Labor practice. She works closely with employers to problem solve a wide variety of issues that arise in the workplace. This includes providing advice on employment law and related topics such as disability and protected leaves, employee privacy, wage and hour considerations, workplace violence, and retaliation and whistleblower concerns, as well as counseling on hiring, promotion, demotion, and termination issues. Melanie also assists employers with drafting and review of employment manuals and various employment-related agreements, forms, policies, and plans. She conducts workplace investigations following complaints and allegations of harassment, discrimination, bullying, and other unlawful or unwanted conduct, and counsels employers on moving forward when such concerns arise. Beyond providing pure legal advice, Melanie also strives to provide common-sense strategies for handling and resolving workplace conflicts in an effort to avoid litigation if possible.Often litigation is unavoidable. Melanie also regularly represents employers in judicial, arbitration, and administrative proceedings involving all manner of employment disputes, such as discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, wage and hour (including class and mass actions), breach of contract, defamation, unfair competition, and trade secret and raiding claims. As with her employment advisory practice, Melanie seeks to achieve her clients’ goals in the most pragmatic and cost-effective means possible.Melanie represents clients from various industries including, financial services (i.e, banks, broker-dealers, investment advisors, insurance companies), manufacturing, software and technology, and transportation.The views expressed on LinkedIn are my own personal views and do not represent the views of the firm.
Experience
Chair, Employment & Labor
Jan 2025 — Present
Education
Seattle University
BA, Political Science
1990 — 1994
University of San Diego School of Law
JD
1999 — 2002
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