Amy Brandt is an Associate in Liebert Cassidy Whitmore’s San Francisco office where she provide advice and counsel to clients in all matters pertaining to education, labor, and employment law. Amy works closely with community college and school district boards and administrators on various issues such as investigations, employee discipline, civil rights issues, student discipline, leaves, community partnerships, layoffs and workforce reductions. In addition, Amy represents schools and public agencies in matters including arbitrations, defending claims of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, advising on Public Records Act compliance and issues arising under the Ralph M. Brown Act. Amy regularly represents clients before the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Office of Administrative Hearings, California Public Employee Relations Board, and the Office for Civil Rights.
Amy also serves as lead negotiator for clients at the bargaining table. She has experience drafting and reviewing CBAs and MOUs, as well as managing bargaining unit grievances, including responses, mediations, arbitrations, and settlements.
Amy regularly trains on a variety of topics, including: EEO Hiring Strategies and Compliance; Preventing Harassment, Discrimination, and Retaliation; Employee Discipline; Student Discipline; Special Education/Section 504; Mandated Reporting; Performance Evaluations; Layoffs; and Professional Boundaries.
Amy is passionate about special education and supports schools in these matters, including advising and representing districts at IEP meetings, assessment and eligibility issues, manifestation determinations, and in due process hearings.
Amy is on the board of the California Council of School Attorneys.
Prior to joining LCW, Amy worked at the Office of the General Counsel for the Oakland Unified School District. She graduated cum laude from San Francisco State University where she was a Presidential Scholar and received her Juris Doctor from the University of California, Hastings College of Law.
Recognitions
Amy has been honored by Super Lawyers as a 2022 Northern California Rising Star.
Amy has been selected as Best Lawyers’ Ones to Watch in 2023 for Litigation – Labor and Employment.
