Danielle Fuschetti

Practice areas

Employment Litigation: Plaintiff, Employment & Labor: Employee, Civil Rights, Class Action/Mass Torts: Plaintiff

Focus areas

Americans with Disabilities Act, Class Actions, Disability, Discrimination, Employment Discrimination, Employment Law – Employee, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Wage & Hour Laws, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination

Danielle Fuschetti, an enthusiastic advocate for employee rights, serves as an attorney representing workers across California. Holding a partnership role at Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP in Palo Alto, California, she also co-Chairs the Discrimination and Harassment Practice Group at the same firm.

Within the legal realm, Danielle has gained recognition as an up-and-coming star by entities such as Law 360, SuperLawyers, and the National Law Journal. The Bar Association of San Francisco’s Justice and Diversity Center has honored her as an Outstanding Volunteer, among other notable acknowledgments.

Danielle’s legal representation spans the entire litigation spectrum, encompassing negotiations of severance agreements to courtroom trials. She boasts extensive experience advocating for employees in diverse industries, including technology, finance, law, and healthcare. Her practice areas are equally varied, covering wage-and-hour law, civil rights, sexual harassment, equal pay, and whistleblower retaliation law.

Noteworthy instances of Danielle’s representation include:

• Securing a $7.5 million settlement for a class of women at Western Digital, stemming from sex discrimination and unequal pay claims.
• Successfully negotiating a multimillion-dollar settlement for a tech company’s female employee who faced retaliation after reporting a hostile work environment.
• Facilitating a $19.5 million settlement for a group of women at Qualcomm, addressing sex discrimination and equal pay allegations.
• Attaining a jury verdict of over $3.3 million for a women’s basketball coach in a retaliatory discharge case against a University.
• Obtaining a class-wide settlement for a misclassified hourly employee in the insurance industry.
• Leading a lawsuit under the Private Attorney General Act, culminating in a multi-phase trial against a major technology company for wage and hour violations.
• Negotiating multiple million-dollar-plus settlements for female attorneys who encountered pay and promotion discrimination.
• Representing numerous employees in cases of retaliation and discrimination against prominent healthcare systems.

Beyond her legal work, Danielle contributes to the field through speaking engagements and writing on topics related to employment litigation, as well as broader subjects affecting workers, such as discrimination, disability rights, class actions, equal pay, wage and hour law, and the implications of COVID-19.

Danielle earned her law degree from the University of Michigan School of Law and graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College. During her time at the University of Michigan School of Law, she engaged with gender and environmental law as an Article Editor and an editor of respective law journals. Throughout law school, she pursued her dedication to social justice through various roles, including clerkships at the EEOC Office of Appeals and New Hampshire Legal Assistance. She also externed at the Center for WorkLife Law in San Francisco, co-authoring a law review article titled “A Sip of Cool Water: Pregnancy Accommodation After the ADA Amendments Act,” published in the Yale Law and Policy Review.