Julie M. Capell

Partner

Partner-in-Charge, Culver City

Partner-in-Charge, Los Angeles

My client's problems are my problems.

Julie Capell partners with her clients to help them to comply with California and federal employment laws and regulations. She thinks of her clients' businesses as her own and strives to find economic, strategic and efficient ways to follow the law and avoid litigation risk. Julie keeps herself constantly informed of new legal developments and communicates those updates to her clients on a consistent basis. She is also an immediate responder and available to her clients at any time, day or night.

Julie is also a tenacious litigator and trial attorney, and has defended employers in all facets of employment litigation, including wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and wage-and-hour class and representative actions. Finally, Julie is an accomplished trainer and presenter and regularly provides client trainings on harassment prevention, wage-and-hour compliance, and other employment laws.

Practice Highlights

Advice and counsel

Over fifteen years of experience providing strategic advice and counsel advice to companies in California, related to employment policies, handbooks, separation agreements, employment agreements, and best practices for conducting investigations, terminating employees, engaging in the interactive process, and dealing with trade secret issues.

Single plaintiff litigation

Defended over one hundred civil lawsuits brought by single plaintiffs alleging claims of wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and wage-and-hour claims, in federal and California state court, as well as before California and federal administrative agencies, and has tried more than five cases to verdict in state and federal court and in arbitration.

Wage and hour class actions

Provided support and representation in defense of scores of wage-and-hour class and representative actions, in federal and state court, with a particular emphasis in meal and rest break, overtime, and misclassification (independent contractor and exemption) claims.

*Denotes an attorney's experience prior to joining Davis Wright Tremaine

Admitted to Practice

California, 2003

Education

J.D., University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, 2003, with great distinction
- Order of the Coif
- Chief Symposium Editor, McGeorge Law Review
- Dean’s Honor List
B.A., History, Communications, University of California, Los Angeles, 1998, cum laude

Memberships & Affiliations

- Executive Board, Disability Rights Legal Center, 2005-2023
- Troop leader, Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles, 2005-2024
- Editorial Advisory Board, The Lexis Practice Advisor Journal, 2006-2023

Professional Recognition

- Named one of the "Most Influential Women Attorneys," Los Angeles Business Journal, 2019
- Named to the "40 Up and Comers in Employment Law" list, Lawdragon, 2015-2016
- Selected to "Southern California Super Lawyers," Thomson Reuters, 2017-2024
- Selected to "Southern California Rising Stars," Thomson Reuters, 2008-2016

Background

- Partner, Winston & Strawn LLP, Los Angeles, 2013-2016
- Senior Associate, Norton Rose Fulbright US, LLP, Los Angeles, 2008-2013
- Associate/Assistant Managing Attorney, Klinedinst, PC, Los Angeles, 2003-2008

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