Brooke Jimenez: Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo

Overview

Brooke Jimenez represents California public school and community college districts and county offices of education in the areas of education law, employee discipline, harassment and discrimination complaints, Title IX, grievances, contract administration and labor negotiations. She also handles general litigation matters, including discovery, depositions, mediations, and appeals.

Ms. Jimenez has provided legal assistance to several outreach organizations, including the UCLA Law Low Wage Worker’s Clinic, Children’s Law Center of Los Angeles, and Western Law Center for Disability Rights, Learning Rights Project.

While in law school, Ms. Jimenez was the Executive Editor for the Chicano Latino Law Review and Comments Editor for the Indigenous Peoples’ Journal of Law, Culture & Resistance.

Honors & Recognitions

Ms. Jimenez was named a "Southern California Rising Star” in 2014, 2015, and 2017. Rising Stars are exceptional Southern California attorneys who are 40 years old or younger or who have practiced law for ten years or less. They are selected based on peer evaluations and independent research regarding the attorneys’ professional achievements. Only 2.5 percent of attorneys are recognized as Rising Stars.

Ms. Jimenez was also named one of the “Top Women Attorneys in Southern California” by Super Lawyers, a national rating service of exceptional lawyers which polls selected Southern California lawyers.

Representative Matters

Del M. Grace v. Beaumont Unified School District (2013) 216 Cal.App.4th 1325. Probationary teacher challenged non-reelection on the basis that she did not receive notice by personal service or certified mail prior to March 15. Court held the absence of personal service or proof of service by certified mail prior to March 15 was not required where she received actual notice before the deadline.
Edwards v. Lake Elsinore Unified School District (2014) 230 Cal.App.4th 1532. Former permanent teacher returned within 39 months as a substitute and worked an entire school year in place of a teacher on medical leave. In the following year, she was given a regular teaching position and was granted permanent status and retroactive seniority due to the “tacking” rule in Education Code Section 44918 and the restoration of permanence rule of Section 44931. Teacher claimed she was also entitled to a retroactive pay increase to that of a regular teacher in the substitute year. Court held the substitute classification was proper and tacking under Section 44918 does not entitle the employee to a retroactive pay increase.