Helping employees throughout Northern California with all aspects of employment law; from wrongful terminations, to negotiating severance agreements, Gay Carroll-Haring provides professional & personal service to her clients.
Located in Sacramento and serving the Northern California region, the Law Offices of Gay Carroll-Haring has provided clients with passionate and dedicated representation in all matters of employment law since 2002. With a team of experienced attorneys, law clerks, and paralegals, my law firm focuses on a wide range of employment-related disputes, including employment discrimination, wrongful termination and retaliation, salary and contract disputes, ADA access issues, and federal and state law violations.
Federal and California employment laws dictate workplace conditions, benefits, accommodations, and how employers should treat employees. If you have been wronged or suspect your employer has violated the law, I can pursue justice for you.
Providing Diligent Litigation Assistance
The Law Offices of Gay Carroll-Haring is a boutique employment law firm that represents employees against their employers.
Feel Confident with a Sacramento Employment Lawyer You Can Trust
Litigation is an art form and employment matters are no exception. If you have encountered an issue in the workplace, you need a Northern California employment law attorney who has experience, compassion, and a passion for client service, a track record of success, and a hunger for the fight. Over the past fifteen years, I have represented countless clients in Sacramento, and in other local municipalities, who have been wronged by their employers.
Since Employment law is my passion, and this shows in my work and how I interact with my clients. I believe the key to a successful attorney-client relationship is trust and that my representation of you is more than a business transaction. By building a solid attorney-client relationship centered on communication, knowledge, respect, and compassion, I am able to better understand my clients, their lives, and their problems.
In addition, as a pioneer, technologically-savvy law firm, we utilize only the most advanced technology to support your case.
Contact The Law Offices of Gay Carroll-Haring to Explore Your Options
My law firm is known throughout the state of California for our tireless pursuit of fairness, honesty, and integrity in the workplace. In fact, the Law Offices of Gay Carroll-Haring is recognized nationwide as a preeminent employment dispute law firm due to our success in the groundbreaking and well-known case of Chris Storm v. Consumers Self-Help Agency.
Gay Carroll-Haring - A Dedicated Sacramento Employment Lawyer
Gay Carroll-Haring opened her boutique law practice representing California workers in 2002 and has litigated a wide range of cases including the widely publicized and groundbreaking case of Chris Storm v. Consumers Self-Help Center, involving a disabled employee's legal right to bring her companion animal to the workplace.
Working Tirelessly for Her Clients
Gay will not hesitate to stand up to any employer, large or small; she will not give up on any case because she will fight for your rights to the end! Because of her success rate, she is able to pick and choose her cases so that she can give each client one-on-one, hands-on, personal service throughout her representation.
Her dedication to each of her clients sets her apart from her peers. This dedication has also resulted in her being an invited speaker at legal events at law schools, bar associations, and legal organizations throughout her career.
Efficiency Is Key
Gay Carroll-Haring utilizes the latest in technology to streamline her practice, making her more productive and efficient in serving and communicating with her clients. An avid Apple fan, she runs her practice on Apple products. Because she has been such an effective solo practitioner utilizing technology in the legal field, she is a popular speaker for both lawyers and law students alike in how to effectively start and run a solo practice.
Prior to her law career, because of her love of art, Gay served as the Public Affairs Director for the California Arts Council, a position to which she was appointed by Governor Pete Wilson. As part of that position, she was responsible for the Arts Council's first-ever website, and in making the Arts Council the first agency in the State of California to use PDFs in distributing materials to consumers—saving thousands of trees and opening the door for other state agencies to do the same!
Because of her love of the written word, Gay also served as Editor for HealthSpan Communications, a publishing company in Sacramento, California. In addition, Gay has extensive experience as a legal assistant in both litigation and transactional law. Beyond that, Gay attended seminary earlier in life, is an accomplished vocalist, scuba diver, and loves hiking, gardening, reading, music, and old movies. Gay brings this extensive and varied background to the practice of law.
Court and Bar Admissions:
Admitted to practice in the State of California, 1999 - Gay had the distinct honor to be personally sworn in by California Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald M. George.
Admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Admitted to practice before the United States District Court, Eastern District of California
Admitted to practice before the United Sates District Court, Northern District of California
Honors and Awards:
Honored by California Employment Lawyers Association in 2007 for trial victory in groundbreaking assistive animal case
Member Roger Traynor Honor Society
Member Golden Key National Honor Society, Epsilon Psi Chapter, Pi Sigma Alpha
Member, National Political Science Honor Society
Professional Associations:
State Bar of California, Labor and Employment Law Section
Sacramento County Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section
California Employment Lawyers Association (CELA)
Capitol City Trial Lawyers Association (CCTLA)
Speaking Events:
Gay Carroll-Haring is an invited speaker and presenter at numerous legal events hosted by California Employment Lawyers Association (CELA), Sacramento County Bar Association's Labor and Employment Law Section, and University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law
Gay Carroll-Haring has also taught continuing education courses for California attorneys throughout her career
Education:
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, J.D., Graduated with Honors, member Roger Traynor Honor Society
California State University, Sacramento, B.A., Graduated Magna Cum Laude, Government-Journalism, member Golden Key National Honor Society, Epsilon Psi Chapter, Pi Sigma Alpha, National Political Science Honor Society
Organizations Gay cares about:
Scooter's Pals
Food for the Poor
The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Sacramento Choral Society & Orchestra
Crocker Art Museum
Paws'itive Teams Service and Therapy Dogs
Lend a Heart Lend a Hand Animal Assisted Therapy
Sacramento Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
