Overview
Ashley Hirano is a senior associate in the Labor and Employment Practice Group in the firm's San Diego office.
Areas of Practice
Ashley provides strategic advice and counsel to employers and human resources professionals in a wide range of employment matters, including wage and hour, discipline and termination, reductions-in-force and related WARN and disparate impact analyses, and executive compensation. She prepares or provides in-depth reviews of workplace policies, handbooks and guidelines and conducts compliance audits in areas including state and federal wage and hour law, pay practices and employment procedures. Ashley also conducts extensive employee and management training, including mandatory anti-harassment training, as well as best practice wage and hour compliance training.
Ashley has extensive experience representing clients in everything from large-scale wage and hour class actions to single plaintiff lawsuits involving claims of employment discrimination, harassment and retaliation. She has successfully defended employers in both state and federal courts, as well as arbitrations and administrative hearings. Additionally, Ashley assists clients in prevailing wage and OSHA matters, as well as traditional labor defense.
Honors
Honors
Ones to Watch — Labor and Employment, Best Lawyers, 2021
San Diego Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2015-2019
Insights
Articles
Labor and Employment Law Blog Posts
- "OSHA Adopts New COVID-19 National Emphasis Program to Increase Its Enforcement Efforts," March 22, 2021
- "Cal/OSHA Provides New Guidance for California Employers to Comply With COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards," January 19, 2021
- "What the Expiration of COVID-19 Paid Leave Laws Means for California Employers," January 5, 2021
- "DOL Issues Guidance on FFCRA and Summer School/Camp Closures," June 29, 2020
- "California Counties Mandate Face Coverings & Stricter Requirements for Businesses," April 9, 2020
- "Save Local Business Act Introduced in the House," September 19, 2017
- "Comp Time for the Private Sector: House Passes 'The Working Families Flexibility Act'," May 4, 2017, also published in JD Supra
- "California Employers – New Year, New Rules in 2017," December 23, 2016
- "The EEOC Issues Updated Guidance on Employer Use of Arrest and Conviction Records," May 4, 2012
- "Unlicensed Accountants Are Not Categorically Excluded From Potential Exempt Status," June 16, 2011
- "Updates to Workers' Compensation Posting Requirements," September 8, 2010
- "California Court of Appeal Extends Wrongful Termination Cause of Action," August 5, 2010
- "New NLRA Posting Requirements," June 18, 2010
- "Ninth Circuit Extends Rehabilitation Act to Independent Contractors," November 20, 2009
- "H1N1 Virus and the Workplace: Will this Year's Flu Cause a Headache for Employers Too?" October 2, 2009
Government Contracts Law Blog Posts
Real Estate, Land Use and Environmental Law Blog Posts
Events
Memberships
Memberships
San Diego County Bar Association
Federal Bar Association
Digital Media
Practices
Industries
Education
J.D., University of San Diego, 2009, Order of the Coif; cum laude; Associate Editor of San Diego Law Review; Dean's scholarship recipient; Semi-Finalist – McLennon Senior Honors Moot Court Competition; CALI Award for Excellence – Constitutional Law
B.A., Claremont McKenna College, 2006, cum laude, with honors, Dean's list
Clerkships
- Clerk in the United States Attorney's Office – Southern District of California, Civil Division
Admissions
- California
- Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
- United States District Court - Central District of California
- United States District Court - Southern District of California
- United States District Court - Northern District of California
- United States District Court - Eastern District of California