Resume

Duane Morris LLP 

San Francisco, CA

2023—May 2025

Partner, Employment, Labor, Benefits and Immigration Practice Group

 

As a partner in the Employment, Labor, Benefits and Immigration Practice Group, Shireen managed dozens of California Private Attorney General’s Act (“PAGA”) actions, class or other complex employment matters along with matters ranging from appeals before the National Appeals Division to negotiating the resolution of a nation-wide classification investigation with the Department of Labor.  She was on the forefront of the development of new legal theories to respond to the increasing number of PAGA matters filed in California impacting employers globally. She regularly advised clients on all manner of employment related matters.

 

In addition to her employment related work, Shireen was actively engaged in helping others through her work on firm committees and her commitment to pro bono.  Shireen was an active member of the Steering Committee for the Women’s Impact Network for Success, the Asian American Employee Resource Group, and the 2024 Diversity Retreat Planning Committee. As a member of the National Pro Bono Committee, she was an active leader in organizing local office and cross-office pro bono projects, including the creation of an on-going collaboration with Centro Legal de la Raza’s Unlawful Detainer Clinic program (assisting tenants facing eviction).

 

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

San Francisco, CA

2014—2023

​Partner, Labor and Employment Group

   

Climbing the ranks from associate to partner at Seyfarth, Shireen provided clients with employment counseling advice on topics including background screens, compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act, local ordinances, federal and state wage and hour and leave laws, policy drafting, executive compensation, and employment handbooks, as well as hiring, discipline, classification, and termination decisions.

 

During her tenure at Seyfarth, Shireen managed a portfolio that included labor work (such as responding to union organizing efforts and unfair labor practice charges, as well as interpretation of collective bargaining agreements) and extensive complex employment work, including numerous PAGA matters and significant national wage and hour class, collective and representative actions. She represented clients on a variety of employment issues before the DLSE (now CRD) and administrative charges from numerous state and federal administrative agencies.

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She successfully negotiated settlements of matters ranging from pre-litigation demand letters, agency audits, and small claims, to large, national class and representative actions, as well as single-and multi-plaintiff matters.

 

Shireen was a proud member of the National Pro Bono Committee, where she led and organized pro bono activities, including the creation of multiple legal clinics in conjunction with Swords to Plowshares (serving veterans), KiND (Kids in Need of Defense) and East Bay Children’s Law Offices (serving foster youth). In 2021, Seyfarth was awarded Pro Bono Partner of the Year for its work with Swords to Plowshares. Shireen was awarded Seyfarth’s 2021 Inspirational Leader Award and the Edgar Osorio Award for community service in 2017.

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The George Washington University

Office of the Senior Vice President and General Counsel  

Washington, DC

2011-2013

​Attorney Fellow ​

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Working in house for the George Washington University, Shireen gained a deep understanding of the motivations and perspectives of internal legal departments and the business clients they serve. Having the unique perspective of working for a nonprofit university with an enormous footprint not only in the DMV area (Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia), but globally, Shireen’s portfolio included an array of matters including union negotiations, international contract drafting and licensing, all manner of Title IX issues, governance, student and faculty relations, and employment.