Overview
Elizabeth Zamora-Mejia represents public school districts, county offices of education, community colleges and universities in all aspects of labor and employment law and general education litigation. Ms. Zamora-Mejia focuses on education law, providing advice and counsel on personnel matters, student issues, and all forms of discrimination and harassment claims. Ms. Zamora-Mejia provides representation on numerous school and employment matters, including hiring, employee evaluations, discipline and dismissal, student rights and discipline, reasonable accommodation, release of public records, contract grievances and arbitration, defending school districts against discrimination claims, and compliance with federal and state civil rights laws.
Ms. Zamora-Mejia’s state-wide practice also includes conducting prompt and effective investigations of parent and student complaints of discrimination, harassment and retaliation, including Office of Civil Rights uniform complaints, and Title IX investigations for both K-12 school districts and higher education institutions. She is also the team leader for the investigations team in the Cerritos office. Ms. Zamora-Mejia’s fluency in Spanish greatly facilitates investigations involving Spanish-speaking students and parents.
Ms. Zamora-Mejia is the Chair of AALRR’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee and the Women’s Leadership Committee. She regularly presents at conferences for state-wide educational organizations, including the ACSA Women in School Leadership Conference, California School Board Association (CSBA), the California Latino School Boards Association (CLSBA), and the California Association of Latino Superintendents and Administrators (CALSA).
Honors & Recognitions
Ms. Zamora-Mejia was recently named a 2017 Diversity Leader in Profiles in Diversity Journal. She was recognized for her years-long leadership in both the communities served by the firm and its various diversity and inclusion initiatives.