Nalee Xiong is an associate in the firm’s Litigation Department, focusing on labor and employment matters. She has extensive experience in all stages of litigation, having represented clients in pre-suit investigations, through complex civil litigation matters in state and federal court. Nalee also regularly advises clients on a range of labor and employment issues and regulations.
Her practice includes defending matters involving wrongful termination and retaliatory discharge, employment discrimination and harassment, wage and hour class and representative actions, including under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), and defense of alleged violations under the Fair Employment and Housing Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, Disabled Persons Act, Unruh Civil Rights Act, Age Discrimination Act, Family Medical Leave Act and California Family Rights Act. She also represents employers before state and federal administrative agencies including the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, and the California Employment Development Department.
Professional Highlights
Pro Bono Experience
Nalee sits on Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California's Pro Bono Advisory Council board. She also works regularly with the Los Angeles Inner City Law Center to assist individuals facing evictions.
Judicial Externships
Recognition & Accomplishments
Speaking Engagements
Co-Presenter, "The End of DEI as We Know it? DEI Under Attack & the Trump Administration's Executive Orders," SEPA SHRM Webinar, February 20, 2025
Credentials
Education
Western State College of Law (J.D. 2020)
Class Valedictorian
President, Business Law Association
Justice, Phi Alpha Delta Law
Articles Editor, Western State Law Review
University of Wisconsin – Madison (B.A. 2015)
Languages
Fluent Hmong
Intermediate Thai
Admissions
California
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California