Attorney Profiles

Sonya Lisa Smallets 
San Francisco, California
Associate
phone (415) 391-7555
fax (415) 391-4228
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Areas of Practice:
Employment Discrimination
Wrongful Termination
Bar Admissions:
California, 2003
U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
U.S. District Court Northern District of California
Education:
University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, Berkeley, California, 2001
J.D.
Honors: Order of the Coif
Law Journal: Berkeley Women's Law Journal, Editor in Chief, 2000 - 2001


Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 1996
B.A.
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
Major: Economic & Political Science


Published Works:
Jo Anne Frankfurt and Sonya Smallets, Disability Discrimination Under the FEHA: The Impact, CAL. EMP. L. REP. 59., 2001


Mark. S. Rudy and Sonya Smallets, The Current State of California Retaliation Law: A Plaintiff’s Perspective, CAL. EMP. L. REP. 265, 2000


Sonya Smallets, Recent Developments, Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services: A Victory for Gay and Lesbian Rights?, 14 BERKELEY WOMEN’S L.J. 136, 1999


Professional Associations and Memberships:
San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association


California Employment Lawyers Association


Past Employment Positions:
U.S. Dist. Court for the Northern Dist. of Cal., Judicial Clerk to Hon. Claudia Wilken, 2002 - 2004


U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Judicial Clerk to Hon. Sidney Thomas, 2001 - 2002


Contact Us

Law Offices of Lawless & Lawless
180 Montgomery Street
Suite 2000
San Francisco, CA 94104

Ph 415-391-7555
Fx 415-391-4228
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