Heather Conniff

A founding member of the law office of Shegerian Conniff LLP with offices in Beverly Hills, Torrance, Newport Beach and Fresno, Heather Conniff is a determined and passionate advocate of her clients and advocates for them in litigious employment matters pertaining to discrimination, with an added emphasis on gender discrimination, pregnancy discrimination and sexual harassment. She serves residents of Los Angeles, San Francisco, Fresno, San Diego and throughout California.Attending the University of California, Irvine, for her undergraduate studies, Ms. Conniff took part in a plethora of activities that bolstered her communication skills, as well as giving her exposure to pressure situations. She was a student athlete, a participant in the Trauma Research Associates Program and part of Pi Gamma Mu. Excelling in academics, she was on the dean’s list and a recipient of the Excellence in Research Award. She graduated with a B.S. degree in biological sciences and a B.A. degree in political science in 2010.With a fervent desire to pursue law, Ms. Conniff enrolled at Whittier Law School, and straight away, played many active roles that helped shape her strong legal foundation. She was the executive editor of the Whittier Law Review and on the dean’s list. Moreover, she was awarded the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Legal Writing and awarded the Dean’s Merit Full Tuition Scholarship as well as the Intellectual Property Fellowship. She received her Juris Doctor in 2013, and soon after, her license to practice in California.Prior to entering private practice, Ms. Conniff served thanklessly as a judicial extern for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the exposure she was able to gain from it widened her horizons to the inner workings of the judicial system. She now uses this experience to bat for her clients whenever she has to take her case to court, and judiciously handles the pressure of it effectively. For her contributions to the legal community, and especially to her clients, she is rated “Good” on Avvo and hosts a plethora of positive testimonials on the site as well.In addition to being licensed to practice across all state courts, Ms. Conniff is also admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Central District of California and the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. She holds memberships in the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, the Orange County Bar Association, the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the American Bar Association, and in addition, spends her time volunteering as a judge for the Orange County High School Mock Trial Competition.