Brittany V. Berzin

• Litigation
• Class Action
• Private Attorneys General Act Claims
• Wage and Hour Claims
• Meal Period Violations
• Unpaid Commissions and Bonuses
• Minimum Wage
• Harassment
• Discrimination
• Retaliation
• Wrongful Termination

Brittany Berzin is a Senior Associate at Shimoda & Rodriguez Law, PC. Ms. Berzin attended and graduated college from U.C. Davis, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. She received her J.D. from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law. She joined Shimoda & Rodriguez Law, PC as a law clerk in February 2015 where she gained civil litigation experience working on individual, class action and Private Attorneys General Act employment cases throughout law school. She also participated in an employment law clinic in 2015 and 2016 assisting low-wage workers on a variety of legal matters.

From 2016-2017, she completed an externship at the Federal Public Defenders Office as a Certified Law Student where she defended a client against five misdemeanor charges in a jury trial in the United States District Court for The Eastern District of California. She was also a member of the nationally recognized McGeorge Mock Trial Team and went on to coach a high school Mock Trial team in 2018 after graduating from law school. In May 2017, she graduated from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law with Great Distinction and was inducted into the Order of the Coif, graduating in the top 10% of her class. She received the Witkin Award for Academic Excellence in Legal Research and Writing, Civil Procedure, Bankruptcy, and Criminal Procedure.

Ms. Berzin is also an active member of the Sacramento County Bar Association and regularly volunteers her time with a non-profit organization, The Center For Workers’ Rights that advocates for low-wage workers. She was on the executive committee of the Sacramento County Bar Association Labor & Employment Law Section from 2020 through 2022, serving as Co-Chair in 2021. She is currently serving on the executive committee of the Sacramento County Bar Association Solo/Small Practice Division. In 2022, Ms. Berzin joined the Board of Directors for the Center For Workers’ Rights and is currently serving as the board Chair.

Ms. Berzin’s practice focuses on wage and hour class actions, Private Attorneys General Act claims, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful termination cases. Her wage and hour practice includes issues such as failure to pay overtime, failure to pay minimum wages, failure to provide meal and rest periods, failure to pay reimbursement expenses, unlawful deductions, failure to keep accurate time records, failure to provide accurate wage statements, failure to provide paid sick leave, failure to pay all wages upon separation, unfair competition, breach of contract, independent contractor misclassification, and salaried misclassification.