Jessica L. Marinelli

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Jessica L. Marinelli has been in-house employment counsel and seconded to multinational publicly-traded corporations, which gives her unique insight into clients’ goals and the many legal, practical and strategic interests they must often balance. She partners with employers of all sizes, nationwide, to create streamlined human resources (HR), legal and employment processes and proactively manage workforce issues throughout the lifecycle of employment, including:

  • Advice and counsel on issues related to workplace investigations, attorney-client privilege, hiring, performance management, discipline and separation of employment, disability accommodation and leave of absence administration, Colorado Paid Sick Leave under the Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA)
  • Organizational effectiveness/legal operations consulting and HR/legal program development designed to help companies not only achieve compliance with applicable employment laws, but also scale and grow efficiently, break down silos between internal stakeholders, and strategically use information learned through company compliance processes to drive value
  • Innovation, including authoring Littler’s Investigation Toolkit for Employers
  • In-house compliance training for supervisors, managers and employees on conducting internal investigations, ethics and attorney-client privilege, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, bystander intervention, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
  • Multistate employment templates, agreements and communications for use throughout the employment relationship, such as offer letters, policies, handbooks, arbitration agreements, separation agreements, reduction in force documents, internal investigation resources and interactive process templates
  • Discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims under federal, California and Colorado state law (including administrative agency charges before the EEOC, California CRD (formerly DFEH) and CCRD), including claims based on race, national origin, age, religion, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation and disability
  • California state wage and hour issues and DLSE claims, including claims involving minimum wage obligations, overtime wage compensation obligations, meal and rest break issues, reporting time pay, final wages and waiting time penalties

Jessica collaborates with clients to understand their goals and thinks strategically, practically and holistically to realize those goals. Her advice is not limited to what the law permits or requires – she also considers public relations, employee morale, and how her clients can make legal/HR operations more efficient and drive value. She crafts real-world solutions to workplace issues before they become litigation matters.  However, when litigation does occur, she has represented clients in administrative complaint proceedings, arbitration, mediation and in court. She often works with clients in healthcare, senior living, Fintech, outdoor/recreation/sports, property management, transportation, hospitality, retail, and food and beverage, but she has experience in a wide array of industries.

An endearing and effective public speaker, Jessica regularly leverages her improv background to present fun, engaging and interactive in-house training sessions to managers and employees and bring employment law compliance concepts to life.

Prior to joining Littler, Jessica was a legal fellow for the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, D.C., and she was a judicial extern for the Superior Court of California in Los Angeles. In law school, Jessica served as a senior editor of the Washington University Law Review.

Credentials & Recognition

Speaking Engagements

Protecting the Attorney-Client Privilege for In-House Counsel

  • October 7, 2024
  • Association of Corporate Counsel National Conference, Nashville, TN

Conducting Lawful Investigations in the New Workplace

  • May 8, 2024
  • Littler Executive Employer Conference, Phoenix, AZ

Conducting Lawful Investigations in the Evolving Workplace

  • May 10, 2023
  • Littler Executive Employer Conference, Phoenix, AZ

The Enduring Value of Employment Arbitration Agreements Under Attack

  • May 5, 2022
  • Littler Executive Employer Conference

Conducting Lawful Investigations in the Evolving Workplace

  • May 4, 2022
  • Littler Executive Employer Conference

#NotYouToo: Conducting Investigation Interviews In The Aftermath of #MeToo and BLM

  • May 20, 2021
  • Client Webinar

Investigation Workshop Parts I and II

  • May 20-21, 2021
  • Client Webinar

Pay Equity and Related Gender Inequalities in the Workplace

  • May 17, 2021
  • Client Webinar

#NotYouToo: Conducting Investigation Interviews In The Aftermath of #MeToo and BLM

  • April 30, 2021
  • Client Webinar

Maintaining a Respectful Workplace: An Employee’s and Manager’s Guide to Understanding and Preventing Abusive Conduct, Sexual and Unlawful Harassment, Discrimination and Retaliation

  • April 29, 2021
  • Client Webinar

#NotYouToo: Conducting Investigation Interviews In The Aftermath of #MeToo and BLM

  • March 31, 2021
  • Client Webinar

#NotYouToo: Conducting Investigation Interviews In The Aftermath of #MeToo and BLM

  • March 18, 2021
  • Client Webinar

#NotYouToo: Conducting Investigation Interviews In The Aftermath of #MeToo and BLM

  • March 4, 2021
  • Client Webinar

Arbitration Clauses in Other Agreements; and E-signature Considerations

  • February 24, 2021
  • Littler Training

Understanding FMLA, ADA, and the Accommodation Process

  • February 16, 2021
  • Client Webinar

Maintaining a Respectful Workplace: An Employee’s and Manager’s Guide to Understanding and Preventing Abusive Conduct, Sexual and Unlawful Harassment, Discrimination and Retaliation

  • January 13, 2021
  • Client Webinar

#NotYouToo: Conducting Investigation Interviews In The Aftermath of #MeToo and BLM

  • December 1, 2020
  • Client Webinar

#NotYouToo: Conducting Investigation Interviews In The Aftermath of #MeToo and BLM

  • November 11, 2020
  • Client Webinar

Understanding FMLA, ADA, and the Accommodation Process

  • November 9, 2020
  • Client Webinar

Understanding FMLA, ADA, and the Accommodation Process

  • October 26, 2020
  • Client Webinar

#NotYouToo: Conducting Investigation Interviews In The Aftermath of #MeToo and BLM

  • October 9, 2020
  • Client Webinar

#NotYouToo: Conducting Investigation Interviews In The Aftermath of #MeToo and BLM

  • September 2, 2020
  • Client Webinar

#NotYouToo: Conducting Investigation Interviews In The Aftermath of #MeToo and BLM

  • August 25, 2020
  • Client Webinar

#NotYouToo: Conducting Investigation Interviews in the Aftermath of #MeToo

  • June 10, 2020
  • Client Webinar

Compassionate and Compliant Downsizing: Critical Steps in COVID-19-Related Layoffs

  • May 14, 2020
  • ICC Webinar

The Compassionate Outplacement Series: Compliance Considerations for Human-Centered Layoffs and Furloughs: Episode 5

  • May 14, 2020
  • ICC Webinar

Maintaining a Respectful Workplace: An Employer’s Guide to Understanding and Preventing Abusive Conduct, Sexual and Unlawful Harassment, Discrimination and Retaliation

  • February 25-26, 2020
  • Client Training Sessions, Centenniel, CO

Maintaining a Respectful Workplace: An Employer’s Guide to Understanding and Preventing Abusive Conduct, Sexual and Unlawful Harassment, Discrimination and Retaliation

  • February 4, 2020
  • Client Training Session, Broomfield, CO

Joint Representation Jitters: Ethical Concerns for In-House and Outside Counsel in Representing Multiple Clients

  • December 4, 2019
  • 13th Annual Colorado ACC Ethics Day, Denver, CO

#NotYouToo: Conducting Investigation Interviews in the Aftermath of #MeToo

  • November 5, 2019
  • Client Workshop, Amelia Island, FL

"Can We Fire ’Em?” Making Compliance Part of the Journey, Not the Destination

  • October 30, 2019
  • DisruptHR, Denver CO

Understanding FMLA, ADA, and the Accommodation Process

  • October 24, 2018
  • Client Training Session, Oakland, CA

Advanced Investigation Workshop: Parts 1 and 2

  • October 4, 2019
  • Rocky Mountain Employer Conference, Denver, CO

Understanding Disabilities and Reasonable Accommodations

  • June 24, 2019
  • Client training session/Webinar

Making Sure Your Cross-Border Internal Investigations Don’t Get Lost In Translation

  • June 11, 2019
  • Client training session, Boulder, CO

Maintaining a Respectful Workplace: An Employer’s Guide to Understanding and Preventing Abusive Conduct, Sexual and Unlawful Harassment, Discrimination and Retaliation

  • June 6, 2019
  • Client Training Session, Englewood CO

#NotYouToo: Conducting Investigation Interviews in the Aftermath of #MeToo

  • April 24 and 26, 2019
  • Client Training Sessions, California

Conducting Legal Investigations in the Wake of #MeToo

  • April 18, 2019
  • Denver, CO

Internal Investigations, Burning Questions and Lessons Learned

  • April 11, 2019
  • Client Training Session, San Ramon, CA

What Every Employee Should Know About a Workplace Free of Harassment and Retaliation

  • November 2016
  • Client Training Sessions, San Francisco, CA

A Supervisor’s Guide to Understanding, Preventing and Correcting Bullying, Harassment, Discrimination and Retaliation

  • March - November 2016
  • Client Training Sessions, San Francisco, CA

What Every Employee Should Know About a Workplace Free of Harassment, Retaliation and Racial Insensitivity

  • September 20, 2016
  • Client Training Sessions, San Francisco, CA

A California Supervisor’s Guide to Understanding, Preventing and Correcting Abusive Conduct, Sexual and Unlawful Harassment, Discrimination and Retaliation

  • 2014, 2016
  • Client Training Sessions, San Francisco, CA

How to Conduct a Workplace Investigation

  • April 9, 2015
  • Client Training Sessions, San Ramon, CA

Books & Book Chapters

The National Employer

  • Littler Mendelson and LexisNexis
  • Collective Bargaining, Chapter 32, Chapter Editor
  • 2011

Let us know how we can help you navigate your particular workplace legal issues.