Attorney at Law, California State Bar No. 226752

Mr. Shimoda earned his J.D., with Great Distinction, from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, where he was also inducted into the Order of the Coif. He served as Editor-in-Chief for The Transnational Lawyer from 2002 to 2003.  Mr. Shimoda received a B.A. in Asian Studies and a B.S. in Business Management from the University of Utah in 2000.

Mr. Shimoda practiced employment defense at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, representing large corporations.  He primarily worked on wage and hour matters, including class action practice.  Mr. Shimoda now represents individuals in employment and personal injury cases.  Mr. Shimoda specializes in prosecuting individual and class action wage and hour claims for overtime, meal period violations, unpaid commissions and bonuses, minimum wage, and retaliation.  He also advises clients regularly on labor and employment issues.  Mr. Shimoda has extensive experience with disability/race/gender discrimination (and accommodation, sexual harassment, leave law, military rights (USERRA), privacy rights, wrongful termination, and whistleblowing cases.

On a practical note, Mr. Shimoda has trial and litigation experience.  He has handled numerous class actions lawsuits, including discovery, motions for certification, and settlements.  He also participates in Labor Commissioner and other administrative hearings regularly.

“Japan’s New Equal Employment Opportunity Law:
Combating Sexual Harassment in the Workplace,” 16 Transnational Law. 215 (2002)

"The Underrepresented Worker," Sacramento County Bar Journal (September 2006) - http://www.sacbar.org/members/saclawyer/sept_oct2006/wageWorker.html

"Abuses of Firm Technology Can Be Fatal Distraction," L.A. Daily Journal (June 25, 2004) - http://www.orrick.com/fileupload/326.pdf

Along with the above, Mr. Shimoda has also co-authored and published other articles and treatises on wage-and-hour, employment crimes, leave law, and electronic discovery.

Mr. Shimoda earned his J.D., with Great Distinction, from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, where he was also inducted into the Order of the Coif. He served as Editor-in-Chief for The Transnational Lawyer from 2002 to 2003.  Mr. Shimoda received a B.A. in Asian Studies and a B.S. in Business Management from the University of Utah in 2000.

Admitted to California State Bar 2003
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
Sacramento Asian Pacific Chamber of Commerce Member
Asian/Pacific Bar Association of Sacramento Member
Executive Committee Board Member (Treasurer), Sacramento County Bar, Labor & Employment Section
Capitol City Trial Lawyers Association
California Employment Lawyers Association (Wage and Hour Committee)

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Attorney at Law, California State Bar No. 277063

J.D., University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law

- Member of the Traynor Society.
- Witkin Award Recipient in Labor Law.

B.A., University of California, Los Angeles

Ms. Zapata is an associate attorney at the Shimoda Law Corporation. Ms. Zapata graduated with Distinction from University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law. Jennet has experience representing individuals in all aspects of labor and employment litigation, including disability, age, sex and race discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation, wage and hour, and class action matters. She has also represented a group of clients in a collective action in federal court brought under the Federal Labor Standards Act. She has extensive experience in handling Labor Commissioner settlement conferences and hearings for wage and hour violations.

Prior to joining the Shimoda Law Corp., Ms. Zapata worked at California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. During law school, Ms. Zapata externed at the California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, in Presiding Justice Vance Raye’s chambers.

Spanish and Portuguese

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Attorney at Law, California State Bar No. 278275

Mr. Rodriguez received his Juris Doctorate, with distinction, from the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law in May of 2011. While at McGeorge, he was a Legislative Staff Writer for the McGeorge Law Review and also acted as an Associate Comment Editor for the Pacific McGeorge Global Business & Development Law Journal. Mr. Rodriguez was actively involved in Latino Law Students’ Association, serving as a Co-Fundraising Chair and later as its Secretary, and was a member of the Employment and Labor Law Society. Mr. Rodriguez’s education at McGeorge focused on civil litigation and labor and employment law. He received a B.A. in philosophy from UC Davis.

Prior to joining Shimoda Law Corp. as an Associate, Mr. Rodriguez was a Law Clerk for the firm. His experience includes working in all aspects of labor and employment litigation, including wage and hour, class actions, discrimination based on disability, age, sex, and race, sexual harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation, and administrative hearings. He also has trial experience, acting as second-chair in a successful two week employment jury trial.

Before working at Shimoda Law Corp. Mr. Rodriguez was a Sacramento County Bar Association Diversity fellow with the law firm of Farmer, Smith & Lane, LLP, where his experience focused on civil litigation and arbitration practice.

Member of the Traynor Honor Society

Recipient of the Witkin Award for Academic Excellence in Legal Research and Writing as well as Complex Civil Litigation

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