Fisher Phillips Welcomes Employment Litigator in Irvine

Fisher Phillips, one of the country’s preeminent labor and employment law firms representing employers, is pleased to announce that Mildred Lima has joined the firm as an associate in the Irvine office.

Before joining Fisher Phillips, Mildred was a trial attorney in the Orange County office of a regional law firm, where she represented clients in labor and employment, personal injury, civil rights, public entity defense, professional liability, and other civil litigation matters in California state and federal courts. Prior to that, she defended medical professionals in malpractice cases and counseled healthcare facilities and professionals on employee training, discipline and discharge, as well as compliance with state laws, claims, and state board administrative actions.

At Fisher Phillips, Mildred joins a growing team of litigators across Southern California and will continue representing employers in workplace law disputes. She will also advise clients on compliance with a variety of other federal and state employment laws and agency regulations. Mildred follows the arrival of Anne Kahn, Waseem Dulloo, and Amaris Stich in Irvine and Stephanie Reynolds, Misha Jamshidi, and Keia James Atkinson in San Diego. 

Mildred earned her law degree from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, where she was a published member of the Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review.  She also formed part of Loyola’s Hispanic National Moot Court Team. While in law school, she served as a certified legal intern to the California Attorney General’s Office and as a judicial extern to Hon. Dolly M. Gee in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Prior to law school, Mildred earned her B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles.