Fair Employment and Housing Counsel

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These positions may be filled in our Bay Area, Sacramento or Los Angeles office. ** Tele-work will be considered **

The Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH or Department) is the civil rights enforcement agency for the State of California. DFEH’s mission is to protect all people in California from employment, housing and public accommodation discrimination, human trafficking, and hate violence.

The DFEH is the largest state civil rights enforcement agency in the country. It enforces the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), Unruh Civil Rights Act, Disabled Persons Act, Ralph Civil Rights Act, and the California Trafficking Victims Protection Act. The Department has jurisdiction over both private and public entities operating within the State of California, including corporate entities, private sector companies that contract with the State of California, and all State departments and local governments.

The DFEH receives, investigates and initiates individual and systemic discrimination complaints in its five offices throughout California. DFEH’s Legal Division litigates individual, class, group and systemic cases in all California jurisdictions, including state and federal courts. It also leads education and outreach efforts to civil rights stakeholders. DFEH’s Legal Division employs over thirty attorneys and staff throughout California.

Counsel will: prosecute civil complaints alleging violations of the Fair Employment and Housing Act, Unruh Civil Rights Act, Disabled Persons Act, and Ralph Civil Rights Act, and other statues DFEH enforces. This includes but is not limited to conducting legal research and writing, and analyzing statutory regulatory and case law authority consistent with the prevailing standards of the legal profession; drafting pleadings, briefs, formal discovery; conducting depositions; and representing the Department in oral arguments, settlement conferences, hearings and trials in State and federal courts. Engage in alternative dispute resolution, including mediations and negotiations. Ensure compliance with prior settlement agreements or court ordered injunctive relief.