Gillespie, Bridget M.

Angela J. Reddock is the Founding and Managing Partner of The Reddock Law Group, a boutique employment and labor law firm providing advice and counsel to Fortune 500 companies, mid and small-sized businesses, non-profit organizations and governmental and public sector entities.

An employment and labor lawyer for 16 years, Reddock is a recognized authority on employment and labor law and workplace issues. Merging her experiences as a lawyer, prior elected and appointed official in state and local government, and her substantial service in the civic and non-profit sectors, Reddock prides herself in providing insightful, practical and solutions-oriented advice and counsel to her clients. A firm proponent of preventive approaches to resolving workplace issues, Reddock works closely with clients to implement innovative practices that create positive, growth-oriented and conflict-free work environments.

Over the course of her distinguished career, she has represented business clients on a wide range of employment and labor law issues, including on claims of wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, workplace privacy, trade secrets and proprietary information, non-competition and solicitation provisions and wage and hour issues. In advising her clients, Reddock always keeps in mind the bottom-line business impact claims may have on an employer’s workplace. She works with employers to create solutions that minimize any such impact. Reddock also advises employers on labor relations and collective bargaining matters.

Noted for her thoroughness and for the understanding and insight she brings to workplace issues, Reddock often is retained as a neutral third party to conduct workplace investigations on various matters, including claims of alleged discrimination, harassment and retaliation. Reddock also conducts workplace trainings on various topics including "Preventing Harassment and Discrimination in the Workplace" and "Managing within the Law".

In addition to her law practice, Reddock also provides consulting services to corporate and non-profit clients on human resources and risk management issues. For example, she has assisted several companies and non-profit organizations in overhauling their human resources, employee relations and risk management department and practices, with an eye towards reducing their exposure for potential employment and labor law litigation. In doing such, she has worked with organizations to create 21st Century environments modeled after best practices for the workplace.

Reddock is also a frequent author and legal commentator. Her published works include How to Survive Your First Job, where she was a special editor, and Inside the Minds: Labor & Employment Client Strategies. Ms. Reddock has served as a regular legal commentator for KFWB radio's Turning Point Business Minute, and for KCAL-9 and KCBS-2 television stations in Los Angeles.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Managing Partner of the Reddock Law Group
• Interim Vice-President of Human Resources, Los Angeles Urban League
• Partner with the noted California business law firm Carroll, Burdick & McDonough, LLP, co-chairing the firm's Employment Litigation and Counseling Group
• Associate with the national employment and labor law firm Jackson Lewis
• Hearing Officer for the County of Los Angeles, City of Los Angeles and City of Santa Monica Civil Service Commissions

  PUBLIC SERVICE

• Former Member, Board of Trustees of the Los Angeles Community College District
• Board Chair, Los Angeles African American Women's Public Policy Institute
• Board Chair, Citizens of Zion Missionary Baptist Church, Thornton and Bobby T. Newman Scholarship Fund
• Member, Ability First Board of Directors
• Member, Brentwood School Board of Trustees
• Former Commissioner, Los Angeles City Transportation Commission
• Former Commissioner, Los Angeles County Local Government Services Reform Commission
• Former Commissioner, Los Angeles County Small Business Development Commission
• Former Member, California State Board of Barbering & Cosmetology