Jeannette’s law practice focuses exclusively on representing employees in matters involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, whistleblowing, wrongful discharge, family medical leave, fraud, and unpaid wages.
After graduating from the University of California, Berkeley with honors, Jeannette worked in business for almost a decade before graduating magna cum laude from the Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. She began her legal career representing employees in state and federal court in Oregon, until she returned to California in 2012.
From 2015 to 2019, Jeannette was named a Super Lawyers Rising Star, an honor reserved for the top 2.5 percent of attorneys in California. She was selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers in 2021. Jeannette was also named one of the Top Women Lawyers in Northern California each of those years.
Currently, Jeannette serves on the Executive Committee of the Plaintiffs’ Employment Lawyers Association and is President-Elect of the Marin Trial Lawyers Association (MTLA). Jeannette also volunteers as a supervising attorney for the ELA Institute for Law and Policy, and is a member of the California Employment Lawyers Association (CELA), San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association (SFTLA), Bar Association of San Francisco (BASF), American Association of Justice (AAJ), Alameda County Bar Association (ACBA), Marin County Bar Association (MCBA), and Marin County Women Lawyers (MCWL).
Jeannette A. Vaccaro provides advice and counseling to employees regarding employment-related contracts (offer packages, severance agreements, invention assignments, etc.), leaves of absence, and reasonable accommodations.
When she’s not practicing law, Jeannette enjoys swimming, biking, puzzling and spending time with her family.
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Recovered on Behalf of Employees
Jeannette is passionate about employee rights. She fights to shed light on injustices and to help her clients move beyond troubling times. Contact Jeannette today for a free case evaluation.
Settlement achieved on behalf of an employee who was discriminated against on account of his age.
Arbitration award in race harassment and discrimination suit.
Arbitration award obtained on behalf of employee terminated on account of his national origin.
Jury verdict obtained on behalf of long-term employee in suit for unpaid wages.
Settlement for employee that was retaliated against on account of reporting discrimination.
Settlement for employee discriminated against on account of her gender and age.
Pre-litigation settlement for victim of race & national origin discrimination.
Settlement negotiated in a gender discrimination case.