P. Bobby Shukla
Associate
Bobby Shukla is an experienced employment litigation attorney. She was named a Northern California's Rising Stars by Super Lawyers magazine in 2009, 2010 and 2011. In 2010, she also received the Wiley W. Manuel Award for Pro Bono Legal Service from the Alameda County Bar Association. Ms. Shukla has also served on the board of the Bay Area chapter of the National Lawyers Guild since 2007 and is currently the chapter's Vice President. Ms. Shukla is a graduate of the University of California, Hastings College of Law where she was a founding member of the Hastings Race and Poverty Law Journal and was awarded the American Jurisprudence Award for Appellate Advocacy. She is fluent in Hindi and proficient in Spanish and Portuguese. She began practicing law in 2003.
Areas of Practice
- 100% Employment Law
- Wage & Hour Laws -- Employee
- Age Discrimination
- Disability & illness Discrimination
- Gay & Lesbian Rights
- National Origin Discrimination
- Race Discrimination
- Religious Discrimination
- Sex Discrimination
- Class Actions -- Plaintiff
- Freedom of Speech
- Affirmative Action -- Employee
- Americans with Disabilities Act Employee
- Employee Rights -- Employee
- Employment Contracts -- Employee
- Employment Discrimination -- Employee
- Family Medical Leave Act(FMLA) -- Employee
- Municipal Employment Employee
- Wage & Hour Laws
- Complex Litigation
Litigation Percentage
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- California, 2003
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
Education
- University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, California
- J.D.
- Honors: Public Interest Law Scholar
- Law Review: Hastings Race and Poverty Law Journal, Executive Articles Editor, 2001 - 2003
- University of California, Santa Barbara, California
- B.A. - 1998
- Honors: Dean's List
Honors and Awards
- Northern California Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2009 - 2011
- Wiley W. Manuel Award for Pro Bono Legal Service, 2010
Professional Associations and Memberships
- National Lawyers Guild, Bay Area Chapter, Vice President, 2011
- National Lawyers Guild, Bay Area Chapter, Board Member, 2007 - Present
Pro Bono Activities
- Alameda County Bar Association's Volunteer Legal Services Pro Bono Lawyer, 2009 - 2011
- National Lawyers Guild, Legal Observer, 2007 - 2011
Languages
- Hindi
- Spanish
- Portuguese